American Airlines workers protest job, pay cuts

Well, well, well, it seems that Mitten's old company strikes again. Now, here's the question: How is ORomney going to profit from this considering that he has "blind" trusts that invest in god knows what. On Randi Rhode's show she had audio of a guy totally melting down. It was both awesome and disturbing to hear at the same time

I work for another airline that went through this already. Believe me...the fix is in as far as the bankruptcy courts go. I'm sure all the right palms have been greased by now!

incredible that anyone would bash unions when it is the greedy CEOs who are getting HUGE salaries and bonuses off the backs of much lower paid mechanics, flight attendants, pilots, baggage handlers, etc... CEOs in this country make 300 times the pay of the average worker in the same corporation...i bet the union-bashers are pretty low paid, but deluded enough to think it's smart to support the CEOs who ship jobs overseas and reduce wages and get huge salaries as they do so.....it's not the fault of unions that high paying jobs are gone, it's rather because CEOs and the idiots who idolize them have waged class warfare against workers and their unions and just about won

Sick and tired of entitlements for the rich. Sick and tired of the repugnicants who protect the wealthy from paying their fair share of taxes. This is why the country is in a mess. Mostly, sick and tired of the nut jobs who demonize unions. WORKERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE!!! UNIONS ARE AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE. Don't like it, get the hell out of America.

I SUPPORT THE UNIONS 100%!!! I'm sick and tiered of the repugnicant tea#$%$ baggers attacking the middle class and workers who built this country. If you are anti-union, you are anti-American period. Moreover, I'm sick and tired of entitlements for the rich, a regressive tax code for the wealth, and a capital gains tax of only 15% ensuring the top quintile gets more and more off the backs of everyone else. SHAMEFUL!!!!!!! GO UNIONS GO!!!!

Lets face it this company American Airlines executives are overpaid and have litteraly few if any management skills. Wanna see musical chairs you dont have to go to elementary school just look right here. As far as the unions go they eat there own just look at the F/A union if you can call it that seeing there is little or no representation for the bottom tier who is being used as a scapegoat for the rest.

To all the comments bad mouthing the unions: the only reason we have a middle class in this country is because the unions fought the companies to pay a living wage with benefits. The only reason the unions are losing members today is due to corporate greed, and legislation passed by the anti-labor republicans in congress

Wake up everyone...you better believe CEO's/big business/republicans are definitely trying to destroy the middle class! Workers (you know, the people who actually show up day after day/year after year and do the work at all of these companies) deserve decent pay, benefits, and retirement. I worked for local government for 24 years, and yes there were about 5% lazy people who unfortunately were protected by unions but what about the other 95%? All workers, government and private, should reclaim their decent taxpaying secure lifestyle by electing politicians who support unions, tariffs on imported goods, healthcare, etc.

How much is enough AA? Your greed fuels the union to protest. If only honesty and less greed were your daily breath, to say nothing about wanting to take those years of pension rightfully earned by your servants who fill your bellies, away.

The only reason the unions are losing members today is due to union leaders greed.

stop the repugnicant party and their anti-worker nonsense before it is to late. It is the TEA #$%$ BAGGERS WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY!!!!

what's wrong with greedy corporations

oh yah, promise the moon and then file bankruptcy

time to TAX corporations 20% AMT on REPORTED PROFITS

maybe then we'll start seeing US manufacturing grow instead of being outsourced to 3rd world countries

oops US is now 3rd world, just doesn't act PROPERLY - well barry obama does

From a victim of the DAL / NWA merger, hopfully you have another skill, at least accept the fact you will be working in a NONUNION environment if someone will hire you

The sad thing is there really has or will be a reorg at this company. Although we see Bain hired to advice them at 14 million dollars a month and doing what they do best put the wrong people on the street 13500, the real issue is the inability of management to manage effectively. If this company is to flourish again which is doubtful instead of getting rid of the workers they need to replace the management team asap. Sorry but its time to either change the company from the top down or just close the doors.

Sorry unions are a dieing breed. Just flew Virgin American today. Why can they be so profitable and AA cant?

Unions, do less and demand more.

It's a job, and it's better than the alterrnative..no job...so quit your cryin and get to work...or the unemployment line, whichever you choose

I guess it should not matter that your company is bankrupt because of the union demands, right? Yeah, keep on picketing, I'm sure you will all get huge raises as of course it shouldn't matter that they US TAXPAYER has to cover your paycheck.

Unions are in place for crappy employees.

I have no pity for the union workers. I was once an active member of the Teamster's union and had a union job. The vast majority of workers that I personally knew did not put in a days work and were protected by the Union. They are all overpaid and reduce productivity. If not for government intervention most private sector unions would not wield any economic power. Unions in the government sector should not be allowed, period.