Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Washington, DC (January 7, 2020) – GoJet Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA), reached a tentative agreement with the airline for a first contract. The five year agreement, reached with the assistance of the National Mediation Board, provides immediate pay increases and establishes defined schedule and work rules for 366 GoJet Flight Attendants.

“With the approval of GoJet Flight Attendants, we will have the protection of a union contract. This is no small achievement and I am proud of the efforts of my flying partners who stood together to get what the vast majority of workers in America want. This provides GoJet Flight Attendants with a solid foundation for our future,” said Joanne Churchill, AFA GoJet Airlines President.

The agreement with GoJet management provides job security, key economic and quality of life improvements including a signing bonus and increased vacation. Once ratified, the agreement provides immediate and on-going pay increases retroactive to January 1st.

Headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri, GoJet Airlines operates more than 290 daily flights to over 80 destinations, flying long-term for United Airlines and Delta Air Lines through June 2020.

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The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, 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.