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Finnair and SLSY reach stabilisation agreement

by Jarkko on September 16, 2009

in Airlines

Finnair and the Finnish Flight Attendants’ Association SLSY today reached a fixed-term stabilisation agreement. The agreement covers the EUR 12.3 million cost-cutting target specified in 2009. The cost-cutting target is part of a previously announced cost-cutting programme. “The agreed solutions are not easy, but they are necessary. Through fruitful co-operation we reached an outcome by [...]

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Flight Attendants Protest at 2009 UAL Shareholder Meeting

June 11, 2009

Image via Wikipedia CHICAGO, June 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA), will join other workers for the third year in a row to protest the greed and poor decisions of CEO Glenn Tilton and other senior management. Workers are furious with the repeated bonus programs [...]

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US Airways 1549 Flight Attendants ‘Heroic’ Actions

June 10, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) today commenced a three-day hearing on US Airways Flight 1549 with witnesses who testified to the professionalism and efficiency of flight attendants Doreen Welsh, Sheila Dail and Donna Dent, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA). [...]

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Watchdog urges Korean Air to stop sexist hiring

December 27, 2008

Image via Wikipedia South Korea’s official human rights watchdog urged Korean Air Lines Co. on Wednesday to stop banning male job seekers from applying for flight attendant positions, saying the policy violates a law banning sex discrimination. However, Korean Air said it has no intention of abiding by the watchdog’s advice because it ‘seriously’ violates [...]

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