The executive board of the Southwest Airlines flight attendants union has rejected a tentative contract agreement with the Dallas-based carrier.
, the latest data available in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s airline tracking project.
The agreement on the table would have given flight attendants a 15% raise in pay from current wage rates, including boarding pay. The agreement’s compensation was 11% above Delta Air Lines’ current deal at the top of the wage scale, according to Southwest. Both parties finalized contract language before the negotiating committee presented the tentative agreement to TWU Local 556′s executive board for review. The review was conducted in a series of meetings throughout last week. The executive board voted not to send the agreement to the union’s full membership.and compensation during trips that are extended by delays. In March, flight attendants picketed outside of Dallas Love Field, the first picket since the airline’s December meltdown.
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