Last week, the Department of Justice and six state
attorneys general filed suit to block the planned merger of American Airlines
and US Airways. I criticized the lawsuit
here on several grounds. One of the more interesting aspects of this case
is who is not supporting the Obama administration: organized
labor.
Last week, the union representing US Airways flight
attendants described
the Obama administration’s antitrust lawsuit as based in “fantasy” and a “war
on workers,” joining
the union representing American’s pilots in blasting the attack on the planned
merger. Yesterday, the union representing American’s flight attendants began
targeting the six attorneys general, calling
on them to “reconsider [their] participation in this ill-advised lawsuit,”
while American’s pilots union took out a full-page ad in the the Dallas
Morning News urging
Attorney General Greg Abbott to drop his opposition to the merger….Thisappeared here…..
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