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Article: FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS ALASKA AIRLINES TO REINSTATE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS; RULING SEEN AS TRIUMPH FOR ALASKA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS' 'CHAOS' CAMPAIGN
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- January 3, 1994
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SEATTLE, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Flight Attendants issued the following:
A federal judge in Seattle has ruled that the intermittent work stoppages begun by Alaska Airlines flight attendants this past fall are legal under the Railway Labor Act. This ruling is a major victory for Alaska's 1,500 flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), AFL-CIO, whose "CHAOS" (Create Havoc Around Our System) campaign against the carrier has been ongoing since June 1993, when negotiations with the company first broke down.
"This ruling in favor of Alaska flight attendants represents a significant triumph for all workers in the air and ...