Labor & Employment Law

Flight Attendants Speak Out Against Rand Paul?s Health and Safety Attack

By Mike Hall

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wants to deny safety and health protections for flight attendants. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill would extend Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) protection to flight attendants and other air crew, something air crew workers have been seeking for decades. Paul has offered an amendment to strip the OSHA protections from the bill. (Click here for details.)

Considering the high rate of workplace injuries and the impact on the flying public, flight attendants are speaking out about why this is a serious mistake. Sanitation, air quality, temperature and humidity levels, noise and blood-borne pathogens are just a few of the hazards that go unchecked for flight attendants in their workplace?the aircraft cabin.

Check out this new video from the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) that features flight attendants from Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), Machinists (IAM) and Transport Workers (TWU) explaining why Paul?s amendment is a bad idea for workers and passengers.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).