Union President at American Airlines Resigns
October 05 2015 - 9:40PM
Dow Jones News
FORT WORTH, Texas—The flight attendants' union at American
Airlines said its president will resign Friday.
Laura Glading told leaders of the Association of Professional
Flight Attendants over the weekend that she planned to step down in
December, but the union said on its website Monday that Ms. Glading
moved up her resignation date.
Ms. Glading's term was scheduled to end in less than six months,
and she had already indicated she wouldn't seek re-election.
In her resignation letter, which she posted on Facebook, Ms.
Glading cited a potential recall election and appealed for unity
within the union. Some flight attendants were unhappy with Ms.
Glading over the union's agreement to a contract that didn't
include profit-sharing.
Ms. Glading has been president of the American Airlines flight
attendants' union since 2008. After the airline filed for
bankruptcy protection and then merged with US Airways in 2013, the
group became the bargaining agent for all 25,000 cabin crew members
at both airlines.
Ms. Glading said the union-backed merger saved the jobs of 5,000
flight attendants and led to pay raises of 13% to 16%.
Copyright 2015 the Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 05, 2015 21:25 ET (01:25 GMT)
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