With $2 water, $7 pillows and $25 checked-bag fees, when you get on an airplane these days you expect to see signs on the emergency oxygen mask compartments, "In case of emergency, swipe credit card."
Passengers aren't the only ones fed up with being nickled, dimed and dollared by the airlines. The Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and Air Line Pilots (ALPA) say if the airlines stopped handing out stock options, bonuses and perks and started making some sound business decisions, they'd have more money to pay the rising fuel costs--and maybe we could still get that pillow or water without shelling out.
The best opportunity America's working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could—but can't because current labor laws are broken. That's why we're urging passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
We're the 2.1 million union members who are veterans of military service. We respect John McCain's service—and urge him to respect ours. But McCain has opposed increased funding for veterans health care and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Find out about McCain's record on veterans issues here.
