The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) will protest at three major airports in front of American Airlines and United Airlines on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 to demand a contract for Mesa Flight Attendants. Mesa Flight Attendants, who fly under the American Eagle and United Express brands, authorized a strike last month, with a 99.56 percent vote.
| Association of Flight Attendants-Picketing April 25, 2017, 12:00 – 1:00 Chicago (ORD) – Elbow area between Terminals 1 & 2 – Upper Level Departures Dallas (DFW) – Terminal B Between Entrance 30 and 43 – Upper Level Departures Phoenix (PHX) – Terminal 4, Level 2 South East Curb – Near Door 28 |
Mesa Airlines is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and provides 600 daily departures to 117 cities, 39 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico including Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Phoenix, AZ; and Washington, DC.
Negotiations, overseen by the National Mediation Board, are scheduled to continue on the week of June 12, 2017. Lack of progress could lead to the National Mediation Board (NMB) declaring that negotiations are deadlocked and releasing both parties into a 30-day “cooling off” period leading to 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.