and from trains to planes just ahead of this holiday weekend there's a strike authorization at a major airline carrier the union for United Airlines flight attendance announced Wednesday members overwhelmingly voted in support of a strike authorization with 99.9% of members voting yes attendant held demonstrations at Newark Airport and nearly 20 other locations nationwide on Wednesday the union has been bargaining with United for nearly 3 years but this is the first time in decades they've approved such a proposal flight attendants are requesting higher pay and better work life balance among other items but the odds of a strike are unclear federal law prevents workers from walking out in mass and the airline has indicated it wants to avoid a work stoppage [Music]