AA flight attendants want new uniforms recalled

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Monday, December 5, 2016
American Airlines flight attendants want new uniforms
The flight attendants' union says their current uniforms are making them sick.

American Airlines flight attendants want a new uniforms.

The union that represents the attendants say the wool clothing is to blame for a number of health issues.

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They include: headaches, rashes, burning skin and eye irritations.

A spokesman for the Dallas-based carrier says evaluations on the uniforms are being performed.

But American says there's no need for a recall of the garments just yet.

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More than 16-hundred complaints related to the uniforms have been reported thus far.

The vendor of the clothing, Twin Hill, also received complaints about uniforms it made for Alaska Airlines in 2011.