American Airlines workers protest job, pay cuts

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Flight attendants and ground workers marched in picket lines Tuesday to protest American Airlines' plans to outsource jobs and cut pay and benefits under a bankruptcy reorganization.

Several of the protesters acknowledged having little hope of changing the company's course. Some said that they expect to be laid off soon.

There appeared to be 200 to 250 protesters at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. A few passengers disembarked from cars and rolled their bags into the international terminal while avoiding contact with the pickets.

The event was a reminder of the long and bitter divide between labor and management at American, the third-largest airline in America. There may also be differences — at least in style — among the workers themselves. The pilots' union skipped the protest, preferring to take a less confrontational approach. ................(more)

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