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Alaska Airlines
Collective bargaining
Alaska flight attendants vote on new contractÂ
Average raises total 32% over the three year contract, and AFA says the agreement would make Alaska Airlines the industry leader in pay.
Collective bargaining
Flight attendants could be near a season of strikes
Alaska Airlines flight attendants voted 99.48% to authorize a strike, and flight attendants at 3 other airlines are in late-stage mediation.
Collective bargaining
Alaska Airlines flight attendants mobilizing
Members of the Association of Flight Attendants say it’s time they got a real raise. And they mean to get it.
People
Portlander Veda Shook rises to top job in flight attendants union
At 43, she’s one of America’s youngest national union leaders.