Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month

January 1, 2021 - January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. We can take a stand against human trafficking by recommitting ourselves to end it on our planes. As Flight Attendants and aviation's first responders, we are uniquely positioned to identify human traffickers and assist their victims.

#ExtendPSP Signed into Law

December 27, 2020 — The emergency #ReliefNow and government funding bill has been signed into law, including a four month extension of our Payroll Support Program. This emergency relief is just the start. It includes direct payments with checks and UI, continued moratorium on evictions, help with the essentials of life such as nutrition and rental assistance, small business help, support for essential workers with PPE, vaccines, and mass transportation, the resources needed for testing and wide vaccine distribution so we can end this pandemic. And of course, it includes recall of everyone who has been involuntarily furloughed and forced into a no pay status. This means over one hundred thousand airline workers recover a paycheck and stay connected to healthcare. And this is just emergency relief, so we have the ability to fight for a full #WorkersFirst recovery in the New Year. 

December 22, 2020 — We are still in the middle of the worst crisis this country has faced in 100 years with 195,00 cases, and 1,618 deaths recorded yesterday. At the same time, TSA screened 1,064,629 people at airport checkpoints nationwide on Sunday, Dec. 20. It was the third consecutive day that checkpoint volume surpassed 1 million since the pandemic began. While it will look very different from years past, we expect the next 6 weeks to be the busiest we’ve seen since the pandemic upended our jobs and lives. At the same time, COVID infections are running at the highest rate since the onset of the pandemic. We need to remain vigilant and attentive to the safety procedures we have in place.

We Did It: PSP Extended

December 21, 2020

We did it! On the shortest day of the year, we achieved what many thought was the longest shot in Washington. The House of Representatives just voted with 359-53 to approve 4 month emergency relief, including an extension to our Payroll Support Program through March 31, 2021. The Senate is expected to pass the bill later tonight. Extending the Payroll Support Program helps every Flight Attendant and aviation worker no matter your current status. It gives us a solid foundation to fight forward in the New Year.

Payroll Support Program Extension FAQs

December 21, 2020

Congress Expected to Begin Votes on #ReliefNow Today

December 20, 2020 — IT'S HAPPENING! The bipartisan emergency COVID relief deal expected to be announced by Congressional leadership on Sunday will included an extension to the Payroll Support Program. Votes in the House and the Senate could come as early as this evening, but may spill into Monday.  

#ExtendPSP Update, Prioritizing Frontline Workers for Vaccine

(December 12, 2020)