Flight attendants at US Airways voted Dec. 13 to conduct
intermittent strikes if the airline receives bankruptcy court
approval to scrap the airline’s union contract and unilaterally
impose another round of pay and benefits cuts for workers and
retirees. US Airways said it needs the additional pay and benefits
cuts by mid-January to give it a “fighting chance” to survive and
obtain more financing. But the attendants complain the airline’s
latest round of cost-cutting goes too far. Under the authorized
actions, the airline’s 5,200 attendants would try to disrupt
operations with unannounced, intermittent and selective strikes on
dates and locations chosen by the union. In the meantime, the
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA is trying to draw attention to
its concerns with rallies today in front of the White House and at
other locations across the count
