Dozens of American Airlines flight attendants demonstrated Thursday in front of the White House as they seek to be allowed to strike during protracted contract negotiations.
American Airlines flight attendants and their supporters form a picket line outside the White House. Photo: ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP
"Flight Attendants are the only employees at American Airlines who have not had a raise in the past five years," said the APFA, which represents more than 27,000 workers at the big US carrier. Biden"can show us that he's a union president by telling the National Mediation Board to release us to strike," Harris said."We're ready to get a deal done quickly and are back at the negotiating table next week to do that," the spokesman said.
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