Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Reject Contract Offer

The rejected contract, negotiated over five years, would have provided industry-leading pay.

Southwest Airlines flight attendants have rejected a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union, with 64% voting against the proposed five-year deal.
The Transport Workers Union Local 556, which represents the flight attendants, said the vote followed five years of negotiations during which the flight crews have not received pay raises.
The rejected contract would have given Southwest flight attendants industry-leading pay, 16% above crews at Delta Air Lines, who are non-union.
Southwest is also negotiating with pilots, who have twice asked federal mediators for permission to begin a 30-day countdown to a strike, but have been rejected both times.
Flight attendants at American Airlines and United Airlines, who are represented by different unions than the one at Southwest, are also in talks over new contracts.