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For Immediate Release: September 7, 2012
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586
Flight Attendants at American Eagle Ratify Bankruptcy Agreement
Washington, DC - Flight Attendants at American Eagle,
represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA),
today approved a tentative agreement with management. This
agreement, which includes substantial improvements over
management’s original bankruptcy term sheet as well as their
Last Best Final Offer, was approved by 87 percent of AFA
members who participated.
“American Eagle Flight Attendants are eager to move forward and
focus on rebuilding our great carrier. The bankruptcy laws give
companies an indecent and abusive amount of power. It is not a
fair fight, so we have to fight smart. We did that in the
bankruptcy negotiations and fought hard to achieve a deal which
preserves our work rules and actually includes wage hikes and
other improvements. No one wanted to vote ‘FOR’ this agreement,
but our members recognized that doing so was in our best
long-term interest,” said Robert Barrow, AFA President at
American Eagle. “AFA has been dedicated to doing everything in
our power to combat management’s outrageous demands at the
bargaining table. After intense bankruptcy talks, we attained
the best possible agreement in the worst of circumstances.”
On November 29, 2011, American Airlines (AMR) filed for
bankruptcy, including American Eagle, and notified AFA that they
would be pursuing concessions pursuant to Section 1113 (c) of
the Bankruptcy Code, even though American Eagle had posted
profits in the last several years. American Eagle is a wholly
owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation, with Flight Attendant
domiciles in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, San Juan, Los Angeles and
JFK-LaGuardia, and provides regional feed for American Airlines.
The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for 67 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants and retired members
come together to form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong
Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org and
www.rafa-cwa.org .
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