AFA Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants Picket at Dulles, Ask NMB to Impose Deadline on Talks
May 10, 2019 — AFA Air Wisconsin flight attendants have petitioned the National Mediation Board for a proffer of arbitration/release from mediation, which could start the clock for a potential flight attendant strike 30 days later.
“Enough! Flight Attendants are living in poverty while airlines are making billions off their backs,” said AFA International President Sara Nelson. “The aviation scam of the century is undervaluing Flight Attendants and other workers at regionals who provide the backbone service of mainline networks. The Air Wisconsin story is among the worst example of this with first year flight attendants making as little as $15,000 a year and others who have gone without a raise for 12 years are no longer able to keep up. Flight attendants have voted 99 percent to strike, if necessary, and today we are formally requesting a release from mediation to move these negotiations to conclusion. This is our number one contract fight." Read more >
AFA Air Wisconsin Flight Attendants picketed at Dulles on Thursday, joined by AFA Flight Attendants from across the system, and members of UNITE HERE!, SEIU 32BJ, United Mine Workers of America, Virginia AFL-CIO, Teamsters, IBEW, and United Auto Workers and more. Media coverage in The Washington Post, Politico, and The Appleton Post-Crescent.
