Too bad the employee's didn't advertise this. They probably could have received some support from their customers

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Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 9:19 AM MST
Employees picket US Airways headquarters
The Business Journal of Phoenix
US Airways Group Inc. employees showed their anger Thursday morning by picketing outside the company's Tempe headquarters.
According to the US Airways Labor Coalition, employees picketed in front of the headquarters with a 30-foot rat as a symbol of US Airways management's "anti-worker tactics."
The US Airways Labor Coalition represents customer service representatives, dispatchers, fleet service workers, flight attendants, flight crew training instructors, maintenance training specialists, mechanics, pilots, simulator engineers and all other labor groups at US Airways.
The group released the following statement Thursday morning:
"Shared fury and frustration among the employees of US Airways brought us together today in an effort to get management to complete the merger that began nearly three years ago. We are furious that, due to management inaction, we have become the poster child for what not to do in a merger. We are frustrated with management's hands-off approach to resolving labor issues.
"Instead of working with labor to develop long-term solutions that would fix the problems plaguing our airline, US Airways management continues employing tactics that demoralize its workers. As a result, employee morale is at an all-time low, our stock has plummeted, and our passengers are left literally holding their bags. Management's quick-fix is to hire more executives and bunker down together to ignore these problems, hoping that they will resolve themselves.
"Management's most recent attempts to depict an airline that has finally turned the corner toward success will not fool anyone. When compared with its peers, US Airways continues to rank at or near the bottom in terms of customer complaints and other categories tracked by the government, and the only reason the airline was No. 1 in on-time performance was because management has mastered the art of manipulating statistics. Management wasted millions of dollars -- money that belonged to our employees, passengers and investors -- to create this illusion rather than work with labor.
"We want to work for a successful airline--one that is a positive example of how a merger should be conducted. It's time for management to empower the employees with the necessary tools to do their jobs effectively. Specifically, management needs to adhere to current labor contracts and reach new collective bargaining agreements that improve the wages, benefits and working conditions of all US Airways employees."
The US Airways Labor Coalition represents approximately 30,000 employees from the two carriers -- America West Airlines and US Airways -- that merged in 2005.
A call to the US Airways corporate communications office for comment was not immediately returned.
US Airways (NYSE: LCC) serves 230 destinations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.
For more: www.usairways.com.