United Airlines Flight Attendants Confident They Can Secure Contract Deal Next Month But Still Aren't Backing Down On Concessions

United Airlines Flight Attendants Confident They Can Secure Contract Deal Next Month But Still Aren't Backing Down On Concessions

The union that represents more than 30,000 flight attendants at United Airlines says it is increasingly confident that a contract deal “can and should” be reached next month, after years of protracted and, at times, combative negotiations that have strained labor relations at the Chicago-based carrier. With two more federally mediated bargaining sessions scheduled between United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA), the ra…