Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President, AFA Hawaiian Leaders and Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants Thursday on Contract Negotiations
HONOLULU – On Thursday, February 27th, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) President Sara Nelson will be holding a press conference with AFA Hawaiian Leaders and Hawaiian Airline Flight Attendants to discuss the status of Hawaiian Airline Flight Attendants contract negotiation status.
Thursday’s press conference comes on the heels of Hawaiian Flight Attendants picketing the quarterly meeting of Hawaiian Airlines Board of Directors ‘meeting in hopes that their concerns would be heard by the airlines’ top leadership.
Last November, Hawaiian Flight Attendants voted 99.9% to authorize a strike, if necessary. The vote came after numerous protests throughout the islands and in Los Angeles in the last several months.
Nelson's arrival in Hawaii supports the Flight Attendant actions and signals to the airline the critical juncture of the negotiations.
WHAT: PRESS CONFERENCE: AFA President Sara Nelson, AFA Hawaiian Leaders, Hawaiian Airlines FAs on Hawaiian Airlines Contract Negotiations
WHO: AFA President Sara Nelson
AFA Hawaiian Leaders
Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants
WHEN: 1:15 p.m. HST
WHERE: Hilton Hawaiian Village
Kalia Tower, Hibiscus Room
2005 Kalia Rd
Honolulu, HI 96815
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The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, (AFA) AFL-CIO represents 50,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines. AFA is the union that has advanced the Flight Attendant profession for 74 years, beating back discrimination and improving wages, benefits, working conditions, and aviation safety, health and security in the aircraft cabin. AFA also partners with the 700,000-member strong Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at www.afacwa.org.
