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For Immediate Release: August 17, 2012
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586 Flight Attendants at
Ryan International Ratify First Contract
Washington, DC – Flight Attendants at Ryan International
Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA (AFA), today ratified their first contract. The
agreement, reached in June with the assistance of the National
Mediation Board, includes job security and valuable protections
for nearly 200 Flight Attendants. The contract was ratified by a
strong majority of Flight Attendants participating in the
election.
“Ryan International Flight Attendants worked hard to achieve the
workplace protections and professional standards provided by an
AFA contract. Today, those efforts were realized and, for the
first time, we have a legally binding contract that recognizes
our contributions to our airline,” said Mary Lou Riley, AFA Ryan
International President. “Ryan International Flight Attendants
were able to secure an agreement that values our exceptional
dedication to the airline and to our passengers and provides a
foundation for the future.”
Ryan International, based in Rockford, IL, provides private
charter service as well as passenger service for the U.S.
government, including the Department of Defense, and is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Rubloff Development Group.The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for over 65 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants at 21 airlines come
together to form AFA, part of the 700,000 member-strong
Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org .
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