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WSWS : Workers Struggles
 
Airlines Workers Issues

     

1 August 2007
Northwest pilot shortage highlights growing airlines crisis

29 June 2007
US: Northwest Airlines cancels flights amid pilot shortage

2 March 2007
The JetBlue fiasco: Private profit vs. the public interest

4 March 2006
Unions for flight attendants, pilots agree to huge concessions at Northwest Airlines

24 August 2005
The Northwest strike: the end of the AFL-CIO and the political lessons for the working class

7 October 2003
Air France/KLM merger heralds further rationalisations and job cuts

6 August 2003
British Airways: Unions collude with management to avert further wildcat strikes

6 January 2003
Unions accept massive cutbacks at US Airways

11 December 2002
United Airlines bankruptcy signals new attacks on US workers

7 December 2002
Bush administration drives United Airlines into bankruptcy
Government panel demands all-out attack on airline workers

28 February 2002
Australia's second largest airline collapses, again

20 February 2002
Labor officials stave off strike
United Airlines, machinists union reach accord

15 February 2002
Further 5,800 job cuts at British Airways provoke strike threat

23 January 2002
Australian union chief jeered as Qantas workers throw out pay deal

21 December 2001
Bush blocks strike by United Airlines mechanics

20 December 2001
Australian airline plans all-out assault on maintenance workers

6 December 2001
Unions play key role in carve-up of Australian airline

22 November 2001
Corporate war at home continues
Bush moves to block strike by United Airlines mechanics

Collapse of Sabena heralds drastic cuts in European airline industry

8 November 2001
Australian unions back 18-month wage freeze at Qantas

3 November 2001
Another airline crisis--the case of Air New Zealand

19 October 2001
Australian unions help destroy thousands of airline jobs

18 October 2001
How the US airlines got their $15 billion bailout

13 October 2001
The collapse of Swissair

6 October 2001
US airlines exploit crisis to slash jobs and benefits

29 September 2001
Unions agree to carve-up of Australian airline

26 September 2001
US bails out airlines, ignores plight of workers

20 September 2001
No truce in the corporate war at home
US air industry launches massive attack
on jobs

15 September 2001
Australia's second biggest airline collapses

22 May 2001
German trade union officials attack striking Lufthansa pilots

12 March 2001
Bush blocks strike by Northwest Airlines mechanics

13 February 2001
Bush bans strike by Northwest Airlines mechanics

29 August 2000
United Airlines, pilots union reach deal

6 June 2000
Northwest Airlines flight attendants ratify agreement

1 April 2000
Flight attendants union granted major concessions to avoid US Airways strike

27 March 2000
US Airways and union reach agreement
Flight attendants speak on issues

24 March 2000
Strike deadline approaches at US Airways
Airline threatens to shut down operations

21 March 2000
Teamsters suspend negotiating committee member for opposing concessions to Northwest Airlines

Boeing makes partial retreat to end strike
by professional workers

14 March 2000
Northwest Airlines fires flight attendants accused of organizing job action
"The company loves to use these intimidation tactics"

7 March 2000
Boeing imposes last wage offer on striking engineers

11 February 2000
Action against dissidents in airline contract struggle
US court orders seizure of Northwest flight attendants' home computers

10 February 2000
Boeing technical workers strike US aerospace giant

8 February 2000
Technical workers denounce union officials for rejecting strike action against Boeing

10 November 1999
The Onex-Air Canada struggle: unions pit worker against worker

2 November 1999
Many questions raised by Egyptair Flight 990 crash

7 October 1999
Merger of Canada's major airlines will mean massive job losses, fare hikes

29 September 1999
Ansett New Zealand pilots fight company lockout

2 September 1999
Ansett New Zealand pilots face lockout

31 August 1999
American Airlines workers indicted for drug smuggling: critical issues behind the headlines

27 August 1999
As Papua New Guinea government prepares to privatise
Air Niugini sacks engineers

10 June 1999
"We're willing to strike because we are sick of being walked on"
Northwest Airline flight attendants rally in Detroit

9 June 1999
Cathay Pacific pilots call "sick-in" over pay cuts

17 April 1999
Judge levies $45.5 million fine against American Airlines pilots' union

18 February 1999
Judge delays imposing heavy fines against American Airlines pilots

16 February 1999
Judge imposes fines, calls American Airlines pilots extortionists

13 February 1999
American Airlines seeks contempt of court ruling against pilots

12 February 1999
American Airlines pilots continue "sick-out"

11 February 1999
Federal judge orders American Airlines pilots to end sick-out

13 November 1998
Jobs and safety sacrificed in global airline industry

12 September 1998
Pilots union submits to company, presidential pressure
Northwest agreement abandons wage increases

11 September 1998
Settlement reported near in Air Canada strike

10 September 1998
Clinton sends top aide to participate in Northwest talks

5 September 1998
Minnesota governor calls for presidential intervention in Northwest strike

4 September 1998
The Northwest, Air Canada strikes and the globalization of the airline industry

3 September 1998
Air Canada pilots strike

2 September 1998
Clinton's transportation secretary intervenes in Northwest pilots' strike

1 September 1998
Changes in airline industry behind Northwest pilots strike

30 August 1998
Airline pilots strike Northwest

29 August 1998
Impending pilots' strike at Northwest Airlines

28 August 1998
Northwest Airlines prepares for strike

27 August 1998
Northwest Airlines, pilots union in talks as strike deadline approaches

6 August 1998
Pact rejected by wide margin
Northwest machinists vote down tentative contract

29 July 1998
Northwest Airlines workers rebel against machinists' union

9 June 1998
Soaring profits, stagnant pay fuel workers' anger in US airline industry

Interviews with Northwest Airlines workers
"There is almost 100 percent dissatisfaction with the union"

 

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4 September 1998
The Northwest, Air Canada strikes and the globalization of the airline industry

1 September 1998
Changes in airline industry behind Northwest pilots strike

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