Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flight attendants and pilots lined the streets near McGregor Square Wednesday to demonstrate how dire their situation is amid ongoing contract negotiations.
DENVER — Hundreds of Southwest Airlines flight attendants and pilots, equipped with signs and megaphones, lined the streets near McGregor Square in downtown Denver Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate how dire their situation amid ongoing contract negotiations. The area was flooded with chants that included phrases like"make it right" and"Denver is a union town!"
Montgomery said the union is currently in the federal mediation process of negotiations. One of the key points of the negotiations, according to Montgomery, is the way flight attendants are compensated. Eileen Rodriguez has been a flight attendant for 30 years. She feels as though the profession has been pushed aside, and her mental health is suffering.
“We have flight attendants call in every day that are extremely, extremely depressed and anxiety ridden, where they can't even come to work," said Rodriguez. “Our main sort of focus is on the scheduling system, to make sure that the airline can operate efficiently and predictably for our pilots, but more importantly, for our customers. Because without our customers, we're not an airline," Murray said. “It's how they connect pilots to airplanes, and that's where they're falling down. And that's where the struggles are. It's ultimately what caused the meltdown that everyone in the country heard about over Christmas.
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