LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Flight attendants held an illustration at a number of airports in Southern California and dozens of others national as a part of a International Flight Attendant Day of Motion, tough higher pay and dealing stipulations.Picketers have been at Los Angeles Global Airport, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana and Ontario Global Airport on Tuesday.No flights are anticipated to be impacted by way of the protest.”This can be a struggle for Flight Attendants and a battle on company greed,” the Affiliation of Skilled Flight Attendants stated in a observation. “We struggle for our position to be revered; we struggle for our worth as people to be restored; and we struggle for the process devoted to the protection and luxury of the flying public.”Unions representing greater than 100,000 flight attendants from airways together with American, Alaska, Frontier, Southwest and United are tough retirement advantages and extra versatile schedules.The unions additionally need flight attendants to be paid for all their time running. Maximum aren’t compensated for time spent ready between flights within the airport and even time boarding the airplane.”Flight Attendants are a very powerful a part of the exertions motion,” the APFA observation stated. “Around the nation and the sector, we’re arranged exertions with an actual affect at the lives of running households lately. We want admire from our employers within the type of jobs that pay dwelling wages for our time at the process, with advantages any American would need for themselves and their households; paintings regulations that display we’re simply as valued as different aviation employees; and higher keep watch over of our schedules to permit us to reside absolutely human lives.”Eyewitness Information has reached out to a number of airways, amongst them United. A spokesperson for that airline stated in a observation:”The federal mediator asked by way of the AFA has scheduled our first negotiations consultation for March 19. We are taking a look ahead to running with AFA to slim the problems in order that we will proceed to paintings towards an industry-leading settlement for our flight attendants.”The demonstration at LAX started at 11 a.m. Flight attendants additionally picketed at airports in Dallas, Seattle, Las Vegas, New York, San Diego, Portland, the U.Ok. and Guam, amongst others.Copyright © 2024 KABC Tv, LLC. All rights reserved.
