Flight attendants are ready to protest over Frontier’s low pay
Frontier Airlines pays among the lowest wages to fight attendants in the industry, and some say they often can’t afford to make ends meet. They want a raise, and soon. Their union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, has been in contract negotiations with Frontier since 2016, and in Nov 2018, 99% of the union’s members voted to authorise a strike if those negotiations stall. Though the National Mediation Board is guiding talks, AFA-CWA’s patience appears to be running thin. The union’s international president, Sara Nelson, wrote to Frontier members March 6 to tell them that the union would demonstrate in Denver if a new contract isn’t reached by March 20. It’s a major test for the union, which made national headlines earlier this year after Nelson called for a general strike to end the government shutdown. <br/>
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Flight attendants are ready to protest over Frontier’s low pay
Frontier Airlines pays among the lowest wages to fight attendants in the industry, and some say they often can’t afford to make ends meet. They want a raise, and soon. Their union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, has been in contract negotiations with Frontier since 2016, and in Nov 2018, 99% of the union’s members voted to authorise a strike if those negotiations stall. Though the National Mediation Board is guiding talks, AFA-CWA’s patience appears to be running thin. The union’s international president, Sara Nelson, wrote to Frontier members March 6 to tell them that the union would demonstrate in Denver if a new contract isn’t reached by March 20. It’s a major test for the union, which made national headlines earlier this year after Nelson called for a general strike to end the government shutdown. <br/>
