US Airways AFA tentative agreement narrowly defeated

Flight attendants at US Airways, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) have voted 51% to 49% to not ratify a proposed five-year collective bargaining agreement between the carrier and AFA. US Airways and AFA reached a tentative agreement on August 7, 2012 that would have amended existing contracts for the airline’s 6,800 flight attendants who are based in its three hub cities of Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix and its Washington, D.C. focus city.