The Nation - News from May 23, 1986

TWA said that its flight attendants’ union, whose members rejected the airline’s proposed contract, was not facing reality. The union said Wednesday night in rejecting the contract that no contract was better than the one offered by TWA. Bob Lyons, spokesman for the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, said that 97.5% of the votes cast rejected the contract. The bulk of the 6,000-member union is now lef1948284777TWA continues flying with newly hired replacements, soon to number 3,000, and union members who have returned to work, put at 1,200 to 1,500.