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Laura Glading, is a labor union activist and leader. She was elected president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) in February 2008. Glading was elected to a second term in February 2012. Following American Airlines' bankruptcy and merger with US Airways, Glading was hailed as being "among this century's most important labor leaders." For over thirty years, Glading has been an active member of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, the independent union that has represented the flight attendants at American Airlines since the 1970s. She rose through the union hierarchy to be elected president in 2008. By the time she took office, the industry was bottoming out following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing financial meltdown. At the time, employees throughout the company were working under deeply concessionary contracts following a 2003 agreement between American management and the company's unions. Moreover, each of the workgroups were locked in tense negotiations, some of which had been going on for years. Management-labor relations were toxic. Then, in November 2011, AMR filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. American Airlines had hit bottom. Three months later, Glading was re-elected APFA President. Glading pushed for and was appointed as one of nine members of the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee overseeing American Airlines’ bankruptcy. The UCC was charged with making all major business decisions on behalf of the company throughout bankruptcy. A few months after joining the committee, Glading was approached by US Airways management with a plan that would allow American to compete with the likes of United and Delta. Glading was an outspoken advocate in support of the American Airlines–US Airways merger and did everything in her power to make the plan a reality. Part and parcel of that plan was a clear and direct path to a contact for the new American's flight attendants that would be at least market rate, representing major financial gains for each of Glading's cabin crew colleagues. Glading appeared alongside the Allied Pilots Association to urge approval of the planned merger over U.S. Justice Department opposition. In September 2013, Glading met with met with top antitrust officials at the U.S. Justice Department following a rally in Washington. After she helped broker the $16 billion merger deal bringing the two companies together, Glading found a way to represent the combined flight attendant group. Previous mergers had been stymied by the divisiveness of representation elections and subsequent union politics. For a time, it looked like the new American's flight attendants, 1/3 of whom were legacy US Airways employees, would face similar problems. But, by employing the same acumen that guided her through lower Manhattan conference rooms during bankruptcy, Glading helped strike a deal that would avoid the distraction and expense of an inter-union fight and put all flight attendants at the new American on the path to an industry-leading contract. In December of 2014, approximately one year after the merger of American and US Airways, the APFA reached a contract with the highest rates of pay in the airline industry. Glading has spoken publicly on a number of issues relating to flight attendant safety and security, including a submission to the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security in April 2013 where Glading opposed a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) initiative to permit small knives on planes. The TSA subsequently reversed its decision to allow knives on planes in June 2013. LAURA RESIGN On October 3, 2015, Laura Glading sent a letter to the membership of APFA stating that on December 2, 2015 she will resign as APFA National President.〔http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1450c9c25bd3b5096022a9f71&id=269c68049a&e=e9d543f565〕 On October 5, 2015, Laura met with the Board Of Directors. She has announced that she will step down on October 9, 2015 instead of the original date of Dec, 2, 2015. 〔http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1450c9c25bd3b5096022a9f71&id=d16dd37e7b&e=e9d543f565〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laura Glading」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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