Travelers wearing protective masks cross a street outside a Southwest Airlines Co. check-in area at Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSouthwest Airlines on Thursday said it could furlough more than 6,800 employees because of a “lack of meaningful progress” in cost-cutting negotiations with labor unions.Southwest like other airlines has been struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impact on air travel demand. If Southwest moves ahead with job cuts, they would be the first involuntary furloughs in Southwest’s nearly 50 years of flying.The Dallas-based airline has sent federally mandated …
