FORT WORTH, Texas — Members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA gathered outside Terminal E at Dallas-Fort Worth airport Dec. 17 to advance their fight for a new contract. They work at PSA Airlines, which, as union flight attendant Jeanne Krejci explained, is a “wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines.” But flight attendants there make 45% less than their counterparts at American.
Workers at PSA are fighting to match what was recently won at American, she explained, including retroactive pay, boarding pay and better schedules. “Delay, delay, is not OK,” pickets chanted.
Chris Corona, a flight attendant at Envoy Airlines, told the Militant that workers there are fighting for a union. The protesters were joined by a member of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants.
The rally here was part of a series of actions that day at PSA and Air Wisconsin, another subsidiary of American Airlines. Similar protests occurred at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, Dayton International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.