Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Washington, DC (June 30, 2016) – After months of intense pressure from a broad labor coalition, including the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) today denied an exemption for a foreign air carrier permit to Norwegian Air UK. AFA urges the DOT to close the door on Norwegian UK permanently by rejecting the foreign air carrier permit outright.

CHICAGO (June 29, 2016) - The leaders of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), representing United Airlines Flight Attendants, Tuesday night unanimously approved the tentative agreement for a joint collective bargaining agreement covering 25,000 Flight Attendants.

CHICAGO (June 24, 2016) - United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), and United Airlines today agreed to terms on a joint collective bargaining agreement for 25,000 Flight Attendants. The agreement was reached with oversight of National Mediation Board (NMB) Member Linda Puchala.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA), will protest at major airports around the world on Thursday, June 16, as they press to reach an industry-leading contract.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO  International President Sara Nelson issued the following statement about the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

CHICAGO — United Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, will picket United Airlines annual shareholder meeting at Willis Tower in Chicago today, Wednesday, June 8, to keep the focus on a contract.   

WASHINGTON (May 27, 2016) – The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) calls on Congress during this busy holiday travel weekend to fully fund airport security. Today, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), along with Representative Bob Dold (R-IL), introduced bipartisan legislation that would help ease congestion and long lines at TSA screening checkpoints at airports.

Union calls on Delta to equalize pay and standards for all Delta/Delta Connection Flight Attendants.

ATLANTA (May 22, 2016) – Flight Attendants from the U.S. aviation industry will picket tomorrow in Atlanta, Georgia for equality. Delta Connection flight attendants are not equally recognized for their contribution as frontline employees of Delta’s network. In Delta’s hometown, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) will protest outside of the World of Coca-Cola, as Coke’s CFO Kathy Waller sits on Delta’s board.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 18, 2016) – GoJet Flight Attendants today joined the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA). In a union representation election that concluded today, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that 83 percent of the voters elected AFA as their collective bargaining representative.

Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2016) — United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA), will protest at more than 14 major airports around the world on Thursday, May 19, as they press for an industry-leading contract in the midst of record profits.