A major regional airline that provides services on behalf of American Airlines, Delta and United, as well as Alaska Airlines, has allegedly ‘illegally’ fired two whistleblower flight attendants who flagged concerns about a ‘serious security flaw’ in an internal computer system.
The two veteran flight attendants, Shane Price and Tresa Grange are also ‘outspoken’ union activists and had been organizing other flight attendants at Utah-based Skywest Airlines until they were terminated on September 13.
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) now claims that firing Shane and Tresa was a form of ‘illegal retaliation’ that is forbidden under the Railway Labor Act.
“The AFA Legal Department is immediately addressing management’s illegal actions and we will not allow the company’s retaliation against our coworkers to stand,” wrote Sarah Nelson, president of the flight attendant union, in an open letter to Skywest late last week.
Nelson has already managed to convince thousands of Skywest flight attendants to sign union authorization cards in a bid to force a formal vote, but Skywest has resisted the drive unionization and has introduced its own internal voting system.
Shane and Tresa spoke out about apparent vulnerabilities in this voting system, but rather than acting on their concerns, the union claims Skywest is attempting to ‘deflect the blame’ on them.
“These terminations are an attack on all SkyWest Flight Attendants, and workers everywhere,” Nelson slammed. “Part of the...
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