According to an update on the Spirit Airlines strike (WSJ, 6/14/10), the first airline strike in five years, has led to the cancellation of flights at least through Tuesday. 450 pilots walked off the job affecting approximately 16,000 passengers each day for the heavily discounted airline. The strike, over wages and working conditions for the pilots, is generating the expected opinions on both sides.
Comment: Obviously in the overall scheme of daily airline travel in the United States, the number of people affected is very small -- unless you're one of those passengers whose travel plans for business or family are directly affected. But the case is worth observing from an HR viewpoint because it is close to a classic case of union-management strife -- in this case leading to a strike that causes the business to severely curtail operations. It also has the elements of basic labor-management concepts, including the fact that the strike began after a federally mandated 30-day "cooling off" period.
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