ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: Airline denies UK employees maternity leave.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 July 1999-ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: Airline denies UK employees maternity leave (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080799 UK women working for a major American airline are being denied access to basic maternity rights, says the Association of Flight Attendants(AFA), on the day the union backs a case to be heard in a London tribunal.

Today (Thursday) an Employment Tribunal in Croydon will hear the case brought against United Airlines by the AFA, which represents the nearly 900 UK-based female cabin crew which fly out of Heathrow airport for the airline. Commenting on the case, Kevin Creighan, the AFA's President said: "Women who work for United Airlines are being denied maternity rights enjoyed by other working women in the...