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United Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify New Contract with 31% Raises This Summer
United Airlines flight attendants ratify labor deal that would provide first raises in nearly six years.
TL;DR
- United Airlines flight attendants ratified a new five-year labor contract.
- The contract includes average raises of 31% to base pay by August.
- This is the first pay raise for flight attendants in close to six years.
- The deal was approved by 82% of voting flight attendants.
- Improvements include boarding pay, restrictions on red-eye flights, and 'sit pay' during disruptions.
- The contract also provides roughly 7% to 8% increase in compensation and $741 million in back pay.