Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

We took action together to push our common demands to significantly improve Flight Attendant contracts and careers. 100,000 Flight Attendants at airlines across the industry are currently in contract negotiations.

“Flight Attendants are fighting corporate greed and demanding our jobs make it possible to live a good life. Working people in every job and every industry can relate and we feel the people with us, ” said Sara Nelson, AFA-CWA International President, representing 50,000 Flight Attendants at 19 airlines including United, Air Wisconsin and Alaska. “Our work brings people together from every part of the planet and showcases the strength of our diversity within our solidarity. We’re making history by standing together as one to make the airlines compete to the highest standards for our careers.”

We saw unwavering support and solidarity from Flight Attendants and members of CWA, ALPA, APA, IAM, Teamsters, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, BCTGM, IAFF, IATSE, IFPTE, IBEW, NNU, NALC, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, SMART, SPEEA, SWAPA, UAW, UFCW, UNITE HERE, WGAE, WGAW, State and Local Labor Federations, family, friends, community members, public officials, and more who joined us on the picket lines this week.

Flight Attendants are fighting back. This is our career, our movement. It’s our time! Airline management’s on notice: it’s time to Pay Us or CHAOS!

See pictures from the day here.

AFA in the Press

• NBC Nightly News: Flight Attendants on the Picket Line

• Skift: Flight Attendants Weigh Strike as Frustrations With U.S. Airlines Mount

• Reuters: Alaska Air flight attendants authorize strike for first time in three decades

• Jacobin: Sara Nelson: let’s show bosses they’re lucky to have our work

• CNBC: Pilots got their payday. Now flights attendants are pushing airlines for higher wages

• CNN: He was a hero on Alaska Air 1282. Now he’s picketing for ‘liveable’ wage.

• The Guardian: ‘It’s going to be historic’: US flight attendants picket at major airports

• NPR: Flight attendants on why they’re picketing
• Reuters: Alaska Air flight attendants authorize strike for first time in three decades
• Simple Flying: Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Vote To Strike For The First Time In 30 Years
• Forbes: Here’s Why Thousands Of Flight Attendants Are Threatening To Strike
• FoxLiveNow: Why don't flight attendants earn their hourly pay during boarding?

• ABC News Live: Flight attendants join 'Day of Action' to demand better pay