Nah, I’m not talking about cheaper tickets or seats that are actually comfortable. Something more consequential, if you want to take the broader good view: fingers crossed but looks like a few thousands NYC-area airport workers will be unionized.
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Airline CEOs Treat You Like Suckers
Posted on 26 July 2011.
The newest scam comes courtesy of the airline industry. When Republicans, in their lunatic mode, refused to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, several federal taxes on tickets expired, including a 7.5% sales tax on domestic tickets, a $3.70-per-takeoff segment fee, and a $16.30 charged on international arrival and departures. Aha, you would think, ticket […]
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Unions Moving In Transportation
Posted on 03 June 2010.
Last month, I wrote about a welcome change in the laws covering union organizing in airlines and railroads. Looks like this is causing some action: Delta Air Lines Inc., on the heels of last month’s federal rule change making it easier for aviation workers to organize, is facing a stepped-up recruitment campaign by labor […]
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A Dash of Justice In Transportation
Posted on 11 May 2010.
We know it’s not easy to unionize. It just got easier, at least for people in the railway and airline industries. The Federal Register out today announces: The National Mediation Board overhauled a decades-old election rule to make it easier for airline and railway employees to unionize, in a sign that labor is getting […]
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