Southwest Flight Attendants Reject Contract By Wide Margin (1)

Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendants overwhelmingly rejected a contract proposal that would have provided an immediate 20% pay increase, 3% annual boosts through 2028 and a ratification bonus.

The agreement was voted down 11,761 to 6,635, Transport Workers Union local 556 said in a livestream on its website Friday. The union didn’t comment on any particular reason for the rejection, which does not give workers the ability to strike.

“The flight attendants of Southwest Airlines have made it clear that this proposed contract is not going to heal the hurt,” Lyn Montgomery, TWU 556 president, said in a statement. “We ...