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Hundreds of United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside airports across the United States on Thursday. It was part of a nationwide day of action as contract negotiations remain stalled with United. The union is looking for better pay and rules that determine flight schedules.
“Nineteen different airlines, 50,00 flight attendants across America and we stand strong and we will stand until United Airlines flight attendants win,” said International Secretary-Treasurer Dante Harris for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. “There is a serious delay in contract negotiations.”