Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Striketober Has Arrived!

October 8, 2021 - AFA Piedmont Flight Attendants are in the middle of taking a strike vote – calling on American Airlines Group Management to get back to negotiate a fair contract. 

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 1, 2021 – There are about 1.38 million new cases of breast cancer each year. Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women worldwide. A recent study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that Flight Attendants in the U.S. have a higher prevalence of every cancer they studied, especially breast cancer, melanoma, and non-melanoma skin cancer.

Chicago Aviation Workers Hold Air Rage Town Hall

October 1, 2021 - On Wednesday, AFA Leaders from United AFA Council 8, Air Wisconsin AFA Council 3, and more AFA Flight Attendants participated in an ORD Air Rage Town Hall alongside leaders from CWA, APFA, TWU Local 556, and Union members across the labor movement who work at Chicago’s two airports.

No Shutdowns — Build Back Better

October 1, 2021 – Thanks to your calls and pressure, Congress voted to fund the government through December 3rd — averting a government shutdown this week.

September 30, 2021 – Flight Attendants at Piedmont—a subsidiary of American Airlines—are taking a strike vote right now. They need our support. Management's latest proposal includes only tiny raises with significant healthcare cost increases meaning many Flight Attendants would take home less tomorrow than they do today.

URGENT: No More Shutdowns

September 29, 2021 - Unless Congress acts before Thursday night (midnight, Friday morning), the federal government will shut down again.

September 22, 2021 — Tomorrow at 10am eastern, AFA International President Sara Nelson will testify before House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation in a hearing titled, “Disruption in the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, and Airports.”