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Alaska’s flight attendants were the latest to vote in favor of authorizing a strike to vote, a sign that tensions between flight attendants and airline management continue to rise.
Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants union voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike on Tuesday, the latest in a string of rising tensions between U.S. cabin crews and airline management.
Of the flight attendants that participated in the vote, 99.48% of them decided in favor of authorizing a strike. The last time Alaska flight attendants went on strike was in 1993.
“There’s no excuse: Alaska management has the money to buy another airline, they certainly have the money to invest in Flight Attendants,” said Jeffrey Peterson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants’ Alaska chapter, referencing Alaska's proposed purcha