Airline Unions Form Global Alliance

Fourteen airline unions from the United States and seven other countries have formed a cooperative global organization to give workers a stronger voice in dealing with the world’s major airlines. The One World of Labor Council was created this week during a two-day meeting of union officials in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Transport Workers (<a href="http://www.twu.org/">TWU</a>) and sponsored by the London-based International Transport Workers Federation (<a href="http://www.itfglobal.org/">ITF</a>).</p> <p>The members of the council, which also includes the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (<a href="http://www.afanet.org/">AFA-CWA</a>), represent workers at American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas, Chile-based LAN Airlines, and several other carriers that belong to the oneworld global airline alliance.