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The decision by American Airlines to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 29 has heightened our concern about our jobs and our future. Agents are the only major work group at the airline that is not represented by a union – meaning we have no voice in the bankruptcy process.
What can we do to protect ourselves? We can join together under the banner of CWA, the Communications Workers of America. With representation, we can negotiate a legally binding contract that defines the scope of our work and prevents the company from cutting our outsourcing our jobs without negotiating with us
For example, agents represented by CWA at US Airtways were able to minimize cuts in pay and work during the US Airways bankruptcy. Under the CWA contract with US Airways, only CSAs at airports and in reservations are allowed to do CSAs’ work, including ticketing, passenger boarding and deplaning, passenger check-in and baggage handling at ticket counters, gates and kiosks, and issuing vouchers and upgrades.
It’s different here at American Airlines, which continues to outsource pieces of our work. While having a union can’t guarantee we always have a job, it certainly makes it more secure.
The decision by American Airlines to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 29 has heightened our concern about our jobs and our future. Agents are the only major work group at the airline that is not represented by a union – meaning we have no voice in the bankruptcy process.
What can we do to protect ourselves? We can join together under the banner of CWA, the Communications Workers of America. With representation, we can negotiate a legally binding contract that defines the scope of our work and prevents the company from cutting our outsourcing our jobs without negotiating with us
For example, agents represented by CWA at US Airtways were able to minimize cuts in pay and work during the US Airways bankruptcy. Under the CWA contract with US Airways, only CSAs at airports and in reservations are allowed to do CSAs’ work, including ticketing, passenger boarding and deplaning, passenger check-in and baggage handling at ticket counters, gates and kiosks, and issuing vouchers and upgrades.
It’s different here at American Airlines, which continues to outsource pieces of our work. While having a union can’t guarantee we always have a job, it certainly makes it more secure.