Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

AFA BOD Meets to Discuss Concerns Related Government Shutdown

January 22, 2019 — The AFA Board of Directors reviewed mounting serious safety and security concerns related to the government shutdown. The BOD reaffirmed the stand the union is willing to take.

Federal law enforcement officers warn of danger in prisons due to Shutdown

January 22, 2019 - Can you imagine working in a high security federal prison and managing violent offenders with less staff, cut resources, and no paycheck? These are the people who protect the us from the notorious MS-13 Gangs inside our 122 federal facilities. Stand with law enforcement officers and #EndTheShutdown.

Take Action to End the Shutdown

January 21, 2019 - The government shutdown is in Day 31. Real people are facing real consequences during the longest shutdown in history. No money to pay for rent, for childcare, or a tank of gas to get to work.

General Strike: Fierce Urgency of Now

January 20, 2019 — AFA International President Sara Nelson accepted the 2019 AFL-CIO MLK Drum Major for Justice Award, with a call to conference activists from across the Labor Movement to talk with their union leadership about conducting a General Strike to end the Government Shutdown.

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2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil and Human Rights Awards Dinner
Washington, DC

Jan 20, 2019 - Which one of these airplanes are Democrat, Republican, Independent, Libertarians, Green Party, Military, MED EVAC (heart transplants etc.)?

FBI Agents: Shutdown Threatens National Security

January 20, 2019 - The government closure has pushed workers into hardship – and weakened the very immigration system it was meant to bolster

Government Shutdown’s Negative Impact on Federal Cybersecurity 

This article was originally posted by Security Boulevard on January 14, 2019. 

A quick glance at the headlines tell you how the government shutdown is affecting people across the country. National parks vandalized. Food safety inspections halted. Air travel at risk as planes aren’t fixed or inspected and TSA workers calling in sick instead of working without pay. These are all very serious concerns, but there is another area impacted by the shutdown: Our nation’s cybersecurity is at stake.