Southwest Airline pilots take to picket lines
Pilots at Southwest Airlines picketed at the airline's hub at Love Field in Dallas Wednesday. The pilots are not on strike, but they're trying to draw attention to their demands for better contracts and the slow pace of negotiations. Pilots at Southwest have been in mediated talks with the airline for 2 years following 2 years of standard negotiations. "During that time, executives have enjoyed nearly 50% in average raises, and shareholders have enjoyed nearly US$6b in stock buybacks while Southwest pilot wages have been stagnant since 2011 and are well behind industry standard wages," said the union. The union is seeking pay raises totalling 32% through 2019, but it says part of that is to cover retroactive pay hikes back to 2012, when its last contract became open. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2016-08-26/unaligned/southwest-airline-pilots-take-to-picket-lines
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/logo.png
Southwest Airline pilots take to picket lines
Pilots at Southwest Airlines picketed at the airline's hub at Love Field in Dallas Wednesday. The pilots are not on strike, but they're trying to draw attention to their demands for better contracts and the slow pace of negotiations. Pilots at Southwest have been in mediated talks with the airline for 2 years following 2 years of standard negotiations. "During that time, executives have enjoyed nearly 50% in average raises, and shareholders have enjoyed nearly US$6b in stock buybacks while Southwest pilot wages have been stagnant since 2011 and are well behind industry standard wages," said the union. The union is seeking pay raises totalling 32% through 2019, but it says part of that is to cover retroactive pay hikes back to 2012, when its last contract became open. <br/>
