Travelers going through Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport or heading through Seattle-Tacoma Airport may see Alaska Airlines flight attendants picketing outside the airports on Tuesday, as the Association of Flight Attendants has called for a nationwide “day of action.”
The flight attendants are demanding significant pay increases and say they were motivated to strike after Alaska Airlines management told them their contract proposals were not economically feasible, leading to stalled contract negotiations n October, but then the airline announced it was buying Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion.
The pickets are scheduled for seven airports, including Anchorage, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Washington D.C.
The union announced on Tuesday that ballots will be sent to 6,800 Alaska Airlines flight attendants after Jan. 1, with the strike vote taking place Jan. 8 through Feb. 13.
