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Strike at Continental fails
to get attendants’ support
HOUSTON (AP) — A union that
claims to represent 6,800 Continen
tal Airlines flight attendants called a
strike Monday against the sister car
rier of strikebound Eastern Airlines,
but the action drew few attendants
to picket lines and had no apparent
effect on operations.
A Continental spokesman said the
carrier had plenty of reserve flight
attendants ready to replace any
striking workers, but indications
Monday were that few would be
needed.
As of midday Monday, only 35 at
tendants were participating in the
walkout and would be “permanently
replaced,” said Lewis Jordan, exec
utive vice president and chief oper
ating officer of the airline. No flights
had been cancelled due to labor
problems, he said.
“It seems to be an illogical time for
a strike,” Jordan said. “We are pay
ing our flight attendants at compara
ble industry rates. We just gave them
more money. We just gave them bet
ter working conditions.”
Carla Winkler, president of the
striking Union of Flight Attendants,
on Monday described the January
wage increase as “moderate,” but in
sisted Continental attendants still
were making considerably less than
their peers at other major airlines
and were demanding measures to
increase job security.
She said she had no Figures avail
able on the number of attendants
honoring the strike, but that she ex
pected the total to increase as word
of the surprise action spread.
“I’m sure there may be cancella
tions and there may be delays,”
Winkler said. “If we shut down
flights that will be to our advantage
to resolve this ... but I doubt we’ll be
shutting down the airline.”
About 10 Continental attendants
set up picket lines at the carrier’s
main Houston hub, and numerous
others walked past their striking col
leagues and pledged to continue
working. Other major Continental
hubs had fewer pickets, including
two at Denver’s Stapleton Airport.
“Our flights are running nor
mally, which shows that our flight at
tendants are proud of their service
and will continue to support the
company’s goal of providing for the
customer,” Continental said of the
strike, which began at 9 a.m. Mon
day. “The union will not be success
ful in its attempts to disrupt the pub
lic’s travel plans.”
Some striking attendants said it
was not the primary goal of the ac
tion to disrupt operations, but that
the walkout was designed more as a
publicity move.
“We don’t want to hurt the airline
or the traveling public,” Pat Pat-
nesky, who has worked nearly 18
years as a Continental attendant,
said.
AUSTIN (AP) — A proposed
state constitutional amendment
guaranteeing crime victims certain
rights would give them “the respect
and consideration they deserve,” a
victims’ advocate told lawmakers
Monday.
“In this day and age of increasing
and random violence, we’ve got to
move beyond mere symbolism,” said
Anne Seymour, public affairs direc
tor for the National Victim Center in
Fort Worth.
The current victims’ bill of rights
in Texas is in law but not in the state
constitution.
Seymour told the House Criminal
Jurisprudence Committee the law
contains a disclaimer “which notes
that if any of these crucial rights
aren’t observed, the victim has no re
course.”
“When a rape victim is still sitting
in a cold hospital corridor waiting
for her exam and the alleged of-
“Our main purpose for being
here is to focus some attention on
Continental Airlines and the way its
employees are being treated.”
Airline officials said only about 5
percent of Continental’s attendants,
which they numbered at 6,500, are
members of the union, and while
Winkler discounted the percentage
as too low, she declined to provide a
number.
Although the timing of the strike
was designed to help draw attention
during the ongoing Machinists strike
at Eastern Airlines, attendants said,
the action was not directly linked to
problems at the sister carrier.
Both Eastern and Continental are
owned by Houston-based Texas Air
Corp.
fender is already out on bail, symbol
ism is a cruel slap in the face,” Sey
mour said.
Rep. Dan Morales, a San Antonio
Democrat who heads the committee,
referred the proposed constitutional
amendment to a subcommittee.
The proposed amendment, which
would require voter approval if
passed by the Legislature, states that
a crime victim has the right to: be
treated with fairness and respect;
protection; notification of court pro
ceedings; be present at public court
proceedings; confer with the pros
ecution; restitution; and informa
tion about the conviction, sentence,
imprisonment and release of the ac
cused.
The National Victim Center and
other such advocacy groups want the
proposed constitutional amendment
to be submitted to voters this No
vember, according to a release.
Proposed amendment
specifies victims’ rights
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Please check the following items.
1. Are you: on campus student
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2. How often do you attend programs, meetings, of classes on campus after dark?
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