Plan to fly Japan Air Lines tomorrow?
March 19, 2007
By Ken Worsley
Unless something happens very quickly, Japan Air Lines employees could be on strike tomorrow, and up to 17,000 domestic travelers could be stranded. The one-day strike would have no effect on international routes.
Four of JAL’s eight labor unions are rumored to be involved with the strike, which came about when management refused to raise the base pay for its flight attendants and non-captain cockpit crew members. Instead, JAL offered a bonus of two months salary and 80,000 yen.
Airline unions in Japan frequently use the threat of strikes as a bargaining tool. Last November, JAL’s pilots threatened a walkout but did not follow through with it.
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I can’t recall an occasion when one of these threatened airline strikes has actually eventuated though. Who knows, maybe tomorrow will be different.
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I’m with Scott here…can’t see it happening. Management must have had this as a possibility in mind, so maybe they have some last minute concession up their sleeve they were hoping to hold on to.