AFA-CWA Responds to United Airlines’ New Sick Leave Policy
In the midst of ongoing contract negotiations with United Airlines and the recent Crowdstrike meltdown, United executives have issued a scheduling alert email that AFA-CWA is calling “offensive” and “accusatory.”
"This blanket requirement of all Flight Attendants is a violation of the contract and the law," said AFA-CWA in a news release. United’s new policy, issued last week, will require absence certificates for Flight Attendants who call out sick between Friday and Sunday.
AFA-CWA Legal has been in contact with the Department of Labor, which just announced that it is looking into this attempt to deny workers sick leave rights. United AFA will take a strike authorization vote starting today, August 1.
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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.
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