Transport Workers Union stages protest against Allegiant
Source: Review Journal
By ALAN SNEL
About 20 Transport Workers Union members protested Thursday near the Allegiant Travel Co. office in Western Las Vegas morning, saying Allegiant made record profits but falls short of industry standards when it comes to pay, work rules and benefits.
“It’s a strange phenomenon when a company is making record profits, but workers are making the lowest salaries in the industry,” said Thom McDaniel, international vice president of the Transport Workers Union of America.
McDaniel and TWU members called on Allegiant to settle a contract after four years of negotiations. One conflict is that Allegiant wants a six-year deal, but the union proposes a four-year contract, McDaniel said.
Union member Lorraine Mahoney, an Allegiant flight attendant walking the suburban sidewalk at Town Center Drive and Covington Cross Drive, said, “We don’t have rules that they will stand by.”
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Transport Workers Union members protest the lack of a contract with Allegiant Travel Co. on Thursday, June 18, 2015, near the airline's office in Las Vegas, Nev. (Alan Snel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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