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Southwest Airlines: not so luvly to employees
March 29, 2013Since the union's contract with Southwest Airlines became amendable, workers say the company has stalled in negotiations and brought an ever-increasing list of demands for cuts.
Read moreFlight attendants petition to ban small knives on planes
March 19, 2013In a message on CWA's website, the union wants 100,000 signatures by April 5 on their demand that the Obama administration reverse TSA chief John Pistole's order.
Read moreJudge sides with American Airlines, blocks employees’ vote
June 25, 2012CWA spent years contacting the customer service reps at American Airlines and was ready to hold a union election just as management took the company into bankruptcy.
Read moreDallas area officials slam American Airlines union-busting
April 24, 2012There was notable solidarity pouring in from various and sometimes surprising quarters leading up to April 23, the day that American Airlines management took their union-busting ambitions to court.
Read moreTargeted victims protest American Airlines bankruptcy plans
February 15, 2012The flight attendants called the action, and the pilots and Transport Workers Union quickly joined in. Other unions and solidarity activists drove into DFW International Airport for the action.
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