Alaska's Flight Attendants Add Their Voice To Chorus of Airline Industry Unrest

A map showing new routes Alaska Airlines will assume if the merger with Hawaiian Airlines is successful.

Alaska Airlines flight attendants are the latest airline industry group to authorize a strike, adding to the nation's growing labor unrest as well as to the tumultuous time for the airline itself.

Some 99.48% of the flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) union, voted yes on February 13 to strike in the event that management does not agree to "significant improvements." They are seeking higher wages, improved work rules and pay for all time on the job, on the ground and in the air.