Articles tagged “labor”

Who says there is no glamor anymore in air travel? Tell that to the legions of people who would love to get a job as a flight attendant.

Although the FAA approved employee training, passengers may feel frightened to find out that their usual flight attendants have been replaced with check-in staff and baggage carriers.

Loss-making SAS has been in need of an overhaul for several years, but critics look to failed cost-cutting plans of the past and question whether a full turnaround will be possible for the airline.

The massive amount of applicants likely points more to the state of the economy than the allure of working for a still-bankrupt airline.

Hyatt doesn’t seem phased by Unite Here’s growing movement to get guests to boycott the hotel, despite the union's history of uncanny successes in unlikely situations.

With a new ad campaign coming up fast, the marketing corporation will likely be doing a bit of poaching of a successful, up-and-coming state tourism director who has the political savvy to handle Florida's big-league environment.

Other stories have pointed out clearly what the real challenge is here: The pilots don't trust management and management is attempting to wring more concessions out of the pilots. It's a recipe for nothing getting done.

Southwest is still in the process of fully integrating Air Tran, which it acquired in 2011, and delivering on the promise to offer international routes to Latin America by 2015.

Southwest just posted the highest second-quarter profit in its history so workers aren't budging on contract concessions that the airline originally proposed 14 months ago.

If vacation packages and compensation are up for negotiation, then why not travel expenses, too? With the growing importance of ancillary services when traveling, these perks logically are entering the conversation.