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No agreement reached by American Airlines flight attendants after 11 days of consecutive bargaining

Direct News Source

21-Jan-2010

After eleven consecutive days of bargaining, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and American Airlines have not reached an agreement. The Federal Mediator overseeing the negotiations has directed the parties to resume lockdown negotiations for five days in Washington, DC at the National Mediation Board beginning on Saturday, February 27.

"We have worked extremely hard and bargained in good faith over eleven days, but there has been no movement on key issues. After more than 100 bargaining sessions over the past twenty-one months, American remains intent on increasing the more than $2 billion in concessions the Flight Attendants have given up since 2003", said APFA President Laura Glading. "It's time for management to recognize the sacrifices made by Flight Attendants and for American to put proposals on the table that improve our wages, benefits and working conditions."

If no agreement is reached during this second lockdown session, APFA will ask the National Mediation Board (NMB) to initiate a 30-day cooling-off period - the final step before employees can resort to job actions. "Flight Attendants are unified and determined "Glading stated, "we remain prepared to take the necessary steps to get a contract that our members will readily ratify."