Flight attendants at American Airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize union leaders to call for a strike, a move designed to put pressure on the carrier during negotiations over pay raises. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday that more than 99% of members who voted recently favored giving the union power to call a strike. Union President Julie Hedrick said the vote tells company management that flight attendants, who have not received raises since 2019, are “fired up."
American Airlines flight attendants overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to authorize a strike, making them the latest aviation employees to authorize such a move. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the union representing the flight attendants, announced that 99.47 percent voted in favor of authorizing a strike, with 93 percent of the union members voting over a monthlong…