Shrinking Wages, Eroding Benefits

Re “Airline Workers: Up in the Air and Losing Ground,” Commentary, Nov. 18: Jonathan Tasini has got to be kidding when he says, “Even if a strike drove one carrier out of business, such a scenario would be preferable to the never-ending race to the bottom currently underway.” I’m sure the employees of the bankrupt carrier would really appreciate this tactic.

If this is the best a “labor strategist” can come up with, I would suggest that airline workers no longer need unions. In fact, eroding benefits and shrinking wages are a nationwide problem, not limited to the airline industry. I work in the manufacturing sector and have experienced the same thing. I don’t know the solution, but I know that unions can’t arrest this downward slide. They’re all giving back wages and benefits lately.

Greg Daniels

Canyon Country