By Doug Cunningham

Flight attendants are not covered by OSHA safety and health regulations, so the Association of Flight Attendants –CWA is pushing Congress to pass the FAA Re-authorization bill that includes protections for flight attendants hurt on the job. AFA-CWA’s Bill McGlashen.

[Bill McGlashen]: “We have high injury rates that rank up there with coal miners and other at-risk workers. And yet we don’t enjoy the benefits of OSHA or OSHA-like protections. We have flight attendants who are injured because of repetitive injuries, shoulder and neck injuries, back injuries.