EVA Air Flight Attendant Strike Comes To An End

I NEVER had a problem with EVA Airways . Thats the ONLY Airline I fly to Asia with . If they dont fly there where Im going then I dont have to be there . February 2017 a major Storm hit LAX and DELTA was the ONLY Airline to fly there ( everybody else canceled ) and land on time , sideways but well done by the female Captain . Even so we were delayed by 40 Minutes the take off by EVA was great without a hitch even so we all missed the connecting Flight to Cebu ( window 50 Minutes ) but I was routed via Manila to Cebu within the Hour . EVA Stuardess made that happen at no extra cost with the PAL CARRIER . Got home safe and happy . I ❤❤❤ EVA

This union has had 4 strike votes and 3 strikes in the last 3 years, that is quite a bit. As for this current strike, the ends did not justify the means. It was very disrupting and for what? Some of the demands (no free rider provision, seat on the board of directors, changes on any work terms must be agreed to by union) were more to empower the union, and raise the union members as better or above non union members. The final terms agreed to on per diem and overnight was more or less what Eva proposed prior to the strike. People are not against unions, just raised quite a few eyebrows on how this union and its leaders handled the whole situation. As for asking for more pay, there is nothing wrong with that. There is also nothing wrong with an employer asking for reasons for the increased pay (more work? increased work expenses?). But you shouldn't stop working just because you didn't get exactly what you asked for. On the butt wiping incident, Eva banned the passenger. They found out the passenger passed away when trying to locate him to refund his ticket.

@David2 I strongly suspect that you are one of the Eva Air management, or the media company hired by Eva Air. “External Union” is a term invented by Eva Air and China Airlines. I am working in the US, and my union is based on regions and occupation. My company does not have “Corporate-Owned Union”, and I am not aware of “External Union” being anything alarming. Boeing engineers are in SPEEA (Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace), nothing related to Boeing. Boeing mechanics are in IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), again nothing related to Boeing. “External Union” is a term that apparently is able to sway public opinion in Taiwan where union-knowledge is weak. There are many fake news (just like how there are evidences that Russians use fake news to sway US Presidential election) regarding the flight attendants. Since you are spreading this information, you must know this is not fake news, and therefore this indicates that you are working in Eva Air management and have seen clear evidences that Eva Air has suspended this crew. In regards to “spit in the pilot’s food,” there are full snap shots of the actual conversation, it is a response to the pilot threatening the flight attendants participating in the strike. Pilot’s threat is causing flight attendants’ stress and can impact safety performance for crews, yet Eva Air is only tackling one party – the flight attendant. A company that is taking side in employee conflict, how do you trust its management in flight safety? --- You mentioned that you don’t understand why the flight attendants are cheering for success, given they lost their bonus. This shows that you obviously do not understand the spirit of union, nor understand the main goal of this strike. As I mentioned before, getting monetary improvement is a mechanism to attract participation in the union. The main goal is to improve dictatorship-style management. The strike improved these, and therefore the union considered this as a success. At the end of the strike, there are still 2060 crews participating, more than half of the Taiwan-based crews. There are more pro-union flight attendants that are scared to participate. The “Union is trapping crews” has been proven as another “slogan” invented by Eva Air. People with connections with the flight attendants all know that the support remains strong. --- What is wrong with asking for more pay? When I get a new job offer, I negotiate with my employer for more than what market salary, and we negotiate to a number that is acceptable by both parties. When I get a promotion, I ask for more pay. When I get extra responsibilities, I definitely ask for more pay. And I think all US-based readers here do similar. Taiwan’s public unfortunately equates “asking for more pay” as “greedy.” And this really came from Asian culture. This is why Eva Air management kept requesting “Give me evidence that you don’t have enough to spend, then I will give you more.” Your pay isn’t because you are at poverty line. You get paid because you provide work that worth the money. If you aren’t a flight attendant in Eva Air, you can never relate the actual work load, emotional stress, and opportunity cost. Therefore, you have no right to accuse them of how much they are worth. --- People go on a revolution when a country is corrupt. Similarly, workers go on a strike when the company is corrupt. No one would want to go without pay and risk losing their stable incomes, unless it is to the point that is unbearable. This is a US-based blog, with a majority of readers from the US. If your employee forces to watch a porn to prove you weren’t in the porn, I think everyone of you will support this strike.

@AVL it is not EVA that started the strike without warning. Its an outside external union which started the strike after not getting $5/hour per dim and no free rider provisions. That is said the union leaders and some members are still very hawkish. One FA(the one asked to wipe a passenger, though didnt actually do it) threatened in LINE app to "add stuff to an anti union pilot's meal and passengers's meals", and will bully EVA FAs who did not participate in the strike. She has been suspended her FA duty by EVA and someone reported her to FAA. EVA is not perfect but I think the external union is much worse. EVA FAs are mostly victims actually.

Well I would strike too if I had to wipe my passengers in the bathroom, wouldn't we all? (post from a few months ago)