One Day Longer, One Day Stronger: Holding the line with UMWA Coal Miners
One Day Longer, One Day Stronger: Holding the line with UMWA Coal Miners
April 8, 2022 - On Wednesday, AFA joined labor unions from around the country, including our ALPA and CWA sisters and brothers, at Alabama’s Tannehill State Park for a rally in support of striking WarriorMet United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) coal miners.
Read more »History is Made: Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
History is Made: Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
April 8, 2022 - Our union is thrilled with the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. We can’t overstate what it means to know this extraordinary jurist who understands personally the plight of labor and everyday people will be on our nation’s highest court.
Read more »Help Your Flying Partners Recover from Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides
Help Your Flying Partners Recover from Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides
April 9, 2022 - FEMA has issued a Major Disaster Declaration for Puerto Rico to aid local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, and landslides from February 4-6, 2022.
Read more »Flight Attendants Cheer Introduction of Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
Flight Attendants Cheer Introduction of Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
April 8, 2022 - Disruptive passengers remain a threat to Flight Attendants, Passenger Service Agents and passengers onboard. On Wednesday, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) introduced the bicameral Protection from Abusive Passengers Act to improve aviation safety, reduce violent inflight incidents, and hold passengers accountable.
Read more »International Trans Day Of Visibility
International Trans Day Of Visibility
April 3, 2022 - We marked March 31, 2022, International #TransDayOfVisibility, by standing with millions of people in America who identify as transgender, gender non-binary, or intersex, and call for all such people to be treated with the respect and dignity everyone deserves.
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Flight Attendants Stand with SEIU Airport Workers for Good Jobs, Good Airports
Flight Attendants Stand with SEIU Airport Workers for Good Jobs, Good Airports
April 3, 2022 - On Wednesday, March 30th, AFA Flight Attendants joined SEIU and allies across the country, from Newark to San Francisco, Washington D.C., to Chicago, Atlanta to Minnesota, to stand with thousands of contracted airport workers to demand the CEOs of each of the nation’s largest airlines to sign their GOOD AIRPORTS PLEDGE.
Read more »Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize
Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize
April 3, 2022 - Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday in an inspiring win for a campaign led by former and current Amazon employees. This is the first union at Amazon in the U.S.
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