Alaska Airlines flight attendants picket at Sea-Tac Airport amid contract talks
Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) is once again caught in heated negotiations with its workforce.
More than 150 of the SeaTac-based airline’s flight attendants picketed outside Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday calling for wage hikes and an end to labor rules that result in hours of unpaid work.
That includes ground and boarding time, when flight attendants are required to report as much as an hour prior to departure, help secure luggage and safety equipment and monitor the boarding process, Paula Isla-McGill, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Alaska Airlines union local in Seattle, told the Business Journal.
“We would like to have a fair contract where we’re compensated for all of our time on duty,” Isla-McGill said. “A lot of people in the public don’t realize that so much of our time is unpaid.“
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