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Is it surprising? This is Sprit, after, the most spiritless airlines in the industry.
A new battle is brewing between Miramar-based Spirit Airlines and its unionized flight attendants.
Last month, the flight attendants filed a lawsuit against the low-cost carrier, which alleges it is denying equal health-care benefits to their legally recognized domestic partners, the group's union Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said in a statement Friday.
The health-care discrimination suit further alleges that flight attendants seeking this type of health insurance coverage are being forced into a lesser quality plan because the airline is "exploiting procedural loopholes," to avoid its obligation.
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