As well, any worker in the windup group with at least 55 points based on combined age and service will be able to "grow into" a special early retirement benefit.
By staging the second strike this year and the twelfth in total in a row, employees hope to influence the airline's decisions on early retirement benefits and low-cost expansion.
After 1982, there was a retrenchtment of the welfare system, especially regarding old-age pensions, unemployment benefits, and disability pensions/early retirement benefits.