Wed, Oct 19, 2011
Nearly Unanimous Vote To Implement 'CHAOS' If Necessary
Flight Attendants at Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Spirit Airlines,
represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA),
overwhelmingly authorized a strike should management fail to reach
an agreement with Flight Attendants. In a strike vote that
concluded Monday, 98.4 percent of Spirit Flight Attendants voted to
authorize a strike, if necessary.
"Spirit Flight Attendants have been instrumental in the overall
success of our airline. We have made innumerable contributions to
the airline and if this management is half as dedicated to the
success of the airline they will get serious about getting an
agreement that recognizes our efforts," said Todd St. Pierre, AFA
Spirit President. "If management continues to ignore our critical
role as first responders and fails to take part in meaningful
negotiations, then it's clear that they have chosen CHAOS."
In
these negotiations, AFA says it is addressing issues important to
Flight Attendants and worked to reach an agreement that would be
beneficial to crewmembers and the airline. Meanwhile, management
has presented unreasonable proposals and frequently regressed in
bargaining. Displaying contempt for the negotiating process and the
Flight Attendants who are on the front line of Spirit Airlines
could lead to the National Mediation Board (NMB) declaring that
negotiations are deadlocked. The NMB would then release both
parties into a 30-day "cooling off" period which would culminate in
a strike deadline. AFA has a trademarked strike strategy known as
CHAOS or Create Havoc Around Our System. With CHAOS, a strike could
affect the entire system or a single flight. The union decides
when, where and how to strike without notice to management or
passengers.
"It is time for management to stop playing games and get serious
about moving forward on a new, improved contract for Spirit Flight
Attendants," added St. Pierre.
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