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Article: Flight Attendants Have Veto Power Over United Airlines/US Airways Merger; Elimination of Critical Coverage Discipline Offers Hope; Wage Improvements, Shortened Contract, Expedited Grievance Procedure, An End to Contract Violations, Concerns Remain Obstacles To Flight Attendant Approval of Any Merger.
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- September 26, 2000
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CHICAGO, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ --
United Airlines flight attendants made a strong statement to their airline: the pending merger of United Airlines and US Airways can only happen with the support of flight attendants.
"Unresponsiveness to concerns over the proposed merger, abuses of work rules and flight attendant schedules have angered flight attendants. And until yesterday, United acted as if it didn't care," said Association of Flight Attendants United Master Executive Council President Linda Farrow. "United must change its position and actively work to address the issues of concern to the flight attendants, or there will be no operational merger."
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