Airlines

Defying Back To Work Order, Flight Attendants Score Tentative Agreement

August 26, 2025 Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. Resist! Airlines, Canada, Flight Attendants, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Flight attendants with Air Canada and subsidiary Air Canada Rouge walked out early August 17. As expected, the Liberal government ordered them back to work 12 hours later, declaring their strike unlawful. In a bold move with wide implications, the 10,000 striking flight attendants defied the order. They’d voted 99.7 percent to strike earlier this month. Their union, an affiliate of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said the back-to-work order violated their right to strike, and CUPE president Mark Hancock ripped it up. “Members are reminded that it is not a criminal offence to remain on the picket line,” the union wrote in a bargaining update. “While union leaders may be subject to arrest, union members are not at risk of arrest for participating in the strike.

Flight Attendants Defy Back To Work Order

August 19, 2025 Nick Seebruck, Rabble.ca. Resist! Airlines, Canada, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Labour leaders are condemning the federal government’s usage of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants. The flight attendants, who are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are seeking higher wages and an end to unpaid labour. Flight attendants are only paid as long as a plane is in the air. They are not paid for as long as a plane is on the ground, but are still expected to help passengers board and deplane, as well as cleaning the aircraft and preparing food and drinks. Both the union and Air Canada had been negotiating for months, but remained far apart in the lead up to the strike, which began on Friday, August 15.

Everyone Hates Airlines, Especially The Workers Set To Strike

August 11, 2025 Adam D. K. King, Portside. Resist! Airlines, Canada, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

More than ten thousand Air Canada flight attendants could soon be on strike if a deal isn’t reached by August 16. In one of the strongest strike mandate votes in recent Canadian history, 99.7 percent of members in the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) airline division opted to authorize a strike, with a turnout of 94.6 percent. With this overwhelming strike authorization in hand, the union is now headed back to the bargaining table to make one last push for a deal before picket lines go up. Flight attendants at Air Canada and its “leisure airline,” Air Canada Rouge, are fighting for an end to unpaid work and poverty wages at the country’s largest airline.

Campaign Against Deportation Flights Shows How To Target Companies

May 30, 2025 Andrew Willis Garcés and Christi Clark, Waging Nonviolence. Strategize! Airlines, ICE, Mass Deportation, Trump Administration

On the surface, the pro-immigrant activists who took to the streets in Connecticut last month looked like every other recent march against Trump’s deportation machine: a multiracial crowd of all ages carrying witty signs and chanting. Their target was the commercial airline Avelo, which has proposed operating as an ICE subcontractor to carry out deportation flights. What made this protest different, however, is what happened next: The group New Haven Immigrants Coalition and its allies went beyond protesting to directly attacking Avelo’s key “pillars of support” in Connecticut. Like any public company, Avelo is effectively a Jenga tower — if several key pillars upholding the company are removed, the tower falls.

ICE Contracts Avelo Airlines To Fly Deportees

April 29, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Educate! Airlines, Avelo Airlines, boycott, Deportations, ICE

Avelo Airlines has entered into a controversial agreement with US immigration authorities to operate deportation flights, sparking protests from coast to coast. Activists, legal organizations, and local communities are mobilizing against the carrier’s role in deportations. The controversy reflects a broader reckoning with the US’s long and bipartisan history of immigration enforcement. Avelo Airlines started off flying gamblers in 1989 as Casino Express. Rebranded in 2005 as Xtra Airlines, it provided air transport for the Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign among other ventures. Current CEO and former United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy acquired the carrier in 2021, renamed it Avelo, and expanded from charter flights to low-cost commercial operations.

United Airlines Flight Attendants Pressure Management Worldwide

March 21, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, Flight Attendants, Minneapolis, Picket, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

United flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, demonstrated at nearly 20 airports worldwide, March 19. As recent aviation incidents have shown, flight attendants perform lifesaving work every day to ensure the safety and health of the passengers in their care. Management has dragged out negotiations while United flight attendants’ pay falls further behind competitors. With record profits of $3.1 billion in 2024 alone, the airline has more than enough to negotiate an industry leading agreement with the flight attendants.

United Airlines Flight Attendants’ Day Of Action Held In Denver

March 20, 2025 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, Colorado, Denver, Flight Attendants, Picket, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Denver, CO – On March 19 at the Denver International Airport, the United Airlines union, the Association of Flight Attendants, held a day of action. About 50 picketers gathered outside the airport to show support for a new contract for United Airlines flight attendants. Attendees included United flight attendants, United pilots, flight attendants from other airlines, family members and community members from the Teamsters union. There were even travelers who were passing by through the airport who stopped and joined in to support.

Is Social Media The New Union Battleground?

March 17, 2025 Isaac Phan Nay, The Tyee. Strategize! Airlines, Canada, Contract Negotiations, Social Media, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Airplanes with standing sections. An extra fee for boarding charged at airport terminals. Even smaller carry-on luggage allowances. These are a few of the features offered by Unfair Canada. Since December, satirical ads for the fictional airline have popped up on Facebook and Instagram alongside anonymous, first-hand accounts of flight attendants stuck on planes for hours without pay. The posts are part of the Air Canada flight attendants’ union’s campaign to put a spotlight on the hours of unpaid work expected of flight attendants as their union negotiates a new contract.

Denver Flight Attendants Rally For Higher Pay

December 19, 2024 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, airplanes, Colorado, Denver, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Denver, Colorado – On December 11, members of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) at Frontier Airlines held a rally outside of the Frontier headquarters in Denver. Flight attendants have been in mediation with the companies that refused to meet members' demands. American and Southwest Airlines flight attendants got their contracts, while Alaskan Airlines attendants voted down their proposed contract. Frontier and United have been in mediation with the AFA for more than six months. There were two chief demands raised at the rally: increased wages, and a shift back to the old business model.

Strike Threat Wins Boarding And Retro Pay At American Airlines

September 26, 2024 Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. Strategize! Airlines, Flight Attendants, Strikes, Unions, Victory, Worker Rights and Jobs

Flight attendants at American Airlines were celebrating September 12 after approving a new five-year agreement by 87 percent, with 95 percent turnout. They won a big retroactive pay package and an immediate wage increase of 20 percent. They also became the first flight attendants to nail down boarding pay in a union contract. Flight attendants typically are not paid until the aircraft doors close. All that greeting, seating, sorting out problems, and assistance with bags is off the clock. “The coolest thing is I had people from so many different unions across the country texting me congratulations,” said Alyssa Kovacs, a flight attendant in Chicago.

United Airlines Flight Attendants Vote To Authorize Strike By 99.99%

August 30, 2024 Fight Back! News. Strategize! Airlines, airplanes, Strikes, Transportation, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Washington, DC – On August 28, flight attendants at United Airlines who are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) voted on whether or not to authorize a strike if needed in contract negotiations with the carrier. The flight attendants filed for federal mediation eight months ago, after working under what they call an amendable contract for the last three years. After not seeing the movement at the table that they needed, the flight attendants decided to take the next step let their members vote over whether to authorize a strike. The results were loud and clear. A near unanimous majority of 99.99% of ballots cast voted to authorize a strike; over 90% of United flight attendants participated in the vote.

The Delta Disparity: Flight Attendants Rally For Equal Pay

August 7, 2024 Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, Detroit, Wages, Worker Rights

Detroit, MI - On Monday, August 5, Endeavor flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) held an awareness picket at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to highlight the significant pay disparities between flight attendants working for Endeavor, Delta’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary, and those working for mainline Delta Air Lines. Led by Oscar Ochomogo, president of Endeavor AFA, Council 46 DTW, the flight attendants sought to draw attention to the need to end Delta’s two-tier pay system, referred to by workers as the “Delta disparity difference.” On average, Endeavor flight attendants make 45% less than their counterparts at mainline Delta Air Lines.

Flight Attendants Turn Out For Worldwide Day Of Action

June 16, 2024 Jared Hamil, Fight Back! News. Resist! Airlines, Global Day of Action, Los Angeles, Worker Rights and Jobs

Los Angeles, CA – On the late morning of June 13, hundreds of flight attendants from different airlines picketed across terminals at LAX, the Los Angeles airport. Three unions were present and coordinated together Worldwide Day of Action, hitting multiple airports across the country. AFA-CWA (Association of Flight Attendants), APFA (Association of Professional Flight Attendants), and the TWU (Transport Workers Union) all organized flight attendants as they marched throughout the busy LAX terminals demanding contracts, and an end to corporate greed. Flight attendants are demanding action as negotiations have reached a standstill between them and different airline companies.

Court Prohibits Eurowings Greenwashing Advertisements

April 2, 2024 Mira Kapfinger, Stay Grounded. Resist! Airlines, Carbon emissions, climate crisis, Germany, greenwashing

Berlin – On March 28th, “Deutsche Umwelthilfe” (DUH) achieved a success against misleading sustainability advertising by the airline Eurowings. The Cologne Regional Court in Germany fully upheld the complaint brought by the environmental and consumer protection organisation. The court prohibited the airline from advertising flights whose emissions are offset with a few euros as “CO2-neutral” in the form in which they were advertised at the time the lawsuit was filed. The court found that the forest protection projects used for the alleged offsetting of emissions are not suitable for achieving actual compensation.

Boeing Back In Bargaining For The First Time In 16 Years

March 20, 2024 Don McIntosh, NW Labor Press. Resist! Airlines, Boeing, History, Public safety, Transportation, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

A lot of eyes will be on the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) this year as it takes part in one of the most significant labor negotiations of recent times. Boeing is one of just two major commercial aircraft makers in the world. It’s an export powerhouse and a standard-bearer for American industrial and technological achievement. It’s also a company that’s overdue for a course correction. A terrifying Jan. 5 incident in which a door plug fell out of a two-month-old Boeing 737 over Portland isn’t even the latest.

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