Passenger Service Election at American Airlines is On!

The National Mediation Board has set the elections date for the CWA representation vote among nearly 10,000 American Airlines passenger service employees.

Voting materials for the telephone and online voting will be mailed out by the NMB starting May 17; votes will be counted with the final results announced on June 19.

American Airlines organizers are urging all agents to make sure the airline has their correct address so they can receive the voting materials from the NMB. All the latest election news, and information about getting a replacement ballot if necessary, will be available here.  

Meanwhile, CWA is supporting the efforts of agents who are fighting back against AMR’s latest round of restructuring that will result in the loss of jobs, benefits and income for thousands of passenger service agents.

American Airlines announced it planned to completely close the Tucson reservations center, outsource some work and force res agents to work from home with no benefits and a reduced wage scale, among other restructuring plans.

 "I work at one of the stations targeted for outsourcing.  I am personally worried about my health insurance,” said Jutta Fitzgerald, a Columbus, Ohio based agent. “I see what is being done to the employees and I believe this is why we need a strong union.  I have never seen a company treat its employees how American Airlines treats us.  The agents need to go union, now more than ever."

An Apr. 25 bankruptcy hearing was postponed until May 10, when the judge will rule on the request by the Ad Hoc committee for a temporary injunction to prevent the company from changing agents’ working conditions until after the election. 

The passenger service group is the only major employee group at the airline without union representation.