airline strike

Unionized mechanics at American Airlines, the second-largest U.S. carrier, have voted against ratifying a pay deal that was offered on May 5, possibly setting up a labor dispute. The Transport Workers Union said on its website that 6,074 mechanics and related members of the union rejected the...

Travelers of the world, we may be witnessing a sort of airline hari kari. The union for cabin crews at British Airways, a carrier that is already tottering toward fiscal disaster, is pressing for 12 days of strikes. That would cripple the airline at a price of $50 million per day. BA, which began...