NOW BOARDING: Summer of Strife at Frontier Airlines
Frontier Flight Attendants Picket at PHL for a Fair Contract
Philadelphia (June 12, 2018) — Flight Attendants at Frontier Airlines picketed Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport adding pressure to move forward with Flight Attendant contract negotiations. Frontier management faces increasing turbulence due to languishing contract negotiations with Flight Attendants and Pilots.
“Frontier has grown into a national carrier and a viable airline. But if Frontier wants to be taken seriously, it must negotiate an agreement that recognizes our contributions to dependability, safety, and profitability of the airline,” said Jennifer Sala, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) Frontier President. “We’ll be at airports every month until management moves forward earnestly to reach an agreement.”
Frontier Flight Attendants plan to picket at each Frontier-base airport in an escalating campaign to pressure management at the negotiating table. Flight Attendants picketed at Denver International Airport last month.
Negotiations began in November 2015, and continue in mediation with the oversight of the National Mediation Board. Mediation is scheduled to continue this week in Philadelphia.Last month, Frontier Pilots edged closer to a possible strike after requesting a release from federal mediation.
June 12, 2018 Picket Details
WHO: AFA Frontier Flight Attendants
WHEN: June 12, 2018 from 5am-9am
WHERE: Philadelphia Airport, Terminal E, Passenger drop-off/departures (under Frontier signs)
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The Association of Flight Attendants is the Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight Attendant profession for 72 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 50,000 Flight Attendants 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.
