Originally Posted by
DaveNelson
If you'll dig back into our historical archives, you'll realize that kind of camaraderie with other labor groups went the way of the dodo bird when United's pilots, fearing a break in their ranks, called off their 1985 strike and negotiated a back-to-work agreement that left their flight attendants--who had honored the pilots' lines--without a back-to-work agreement of their own.
Pat Friend, AFA Chair-person during the 1985 festivities, speaking to a closed session of the UAL-MEC, asked us to return to work as support amongst her flight attendants for honoring our picket line was crumbling fast and she recognized that the very existence of the UAL-AFA was in danger. I remember her emotional plea very well as there were a number of us that didn't have dry eyes as she spoke.
Unlike what you wrote, there was a significant amount of camaraderie between the two employee groups during the strike.