American Airlines’ Agents Unionize

Well then. I see that American Airlines will be going bankrupt again sooner than expected.

Reservation agents at Texas-based American Airlines have voted overwhelmingly for union representation, in a move that labor organizers hailed Tuesday as a historic win in the South.

The agents chose to join with US Airways agents to form a bargaining unit of 14,500 employees at the new American Airlines. The two airlines merged this year, taking American’s name.

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2044, 16 September 2014

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4 Comments

Jed on September 17, 2014 at 12:51 pm

What an amazing lack of knowledge regarding the hisory of their industry.
steveegg on September 17, 2014 at 4:28 pm

With all apologies to Blue Oyster Cult…

History shows again and again how business point out the folly of unions. Bankruptcy!
purplepenquin on September 18, 2014 at 10:16 am

Good point about unions. After all, the NFL have been on the verge of bankruptcy for decades now. And no movie coming out of Hollywood has been able to make a buck every since IATSE organized those workers.

*rolls eyes*
Wifather2000 on September 20, 2014 at 8:46 pm

Germany has many unions that are very advanced. The unionized businesses are very profitable!