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Airlines Are Warning That The Government Shutdown Is Damaging The Airline Industry

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According to Business Insider, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA circulated a letter on Thursday asking President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to end the government shutdown. The AFA-CWA is a union representing 50,000 flight attendants from airlines including United, Alaska, Spirit, and Hawaiian. The flight attendants were joined by more than 30 other unions and organization from across the aviation industry. In their joint letter, the groups pleaded with both sides of the aisle to end the shutdown due to the operational and financial harm.

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