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Southwest Airlines flight attendants ask for federal mediation for stalled contract
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Flight attendants with the 14,600-member TWU Local 556 union have already made plans to picket airports at the end of September after complaints that...

The company said Thursday during its second-quarter earnings call that it has improved on-time and cancellation rates and that operations have been much smoother in the last three months.are still lingering more than two years after the pandemic startedSending proposals straight to workers, which the company did this week, usually draws the ire of unions because it’s seen as an attempt to work around bargaining leaders.

The two sides are still several steps and likely several years away from a strike, although the union has increased its public campaign against the company withand ads attacking the company over flight attendant conditions. Airline union contracts don’t expire like they do in other industries because of federal laws that are meant to keep critical industries functioning.

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