Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

February 22, 2021 - Due to the severity of the recent winter storms, Texas Flight Attendants and their families are dealing with food and water shortages, hypothermia, flooding, house damage and more.

AFA Texas Winter Storm Resources

February 22, 2021 - Over 70 counties in Texas have been declared presidential disasters for individual assistance. 

PSP Is The #WorkersFirst Plan for Today and Tomorrow

February 13, 2021

Dear Flying Partners:

We won’t bury the lead —everything is on track in the legislative process to again secure all of the protections of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) April 1, 2021-September 30, 2021. There’s no doubt we are all feeling the emotional toll of the chaos and uncertainty from July-December 2020, but we are now in an organized, step-by-step legislative process for the American Rescue Plan that has a deadline of March 14th, due to expiring unemployment benefits. President Biden has made this legislation the top priority of his administration. A detail of the legislative process is included immediately following this letter.

COVID Vaccine Information for Aviation Workers

Updated April 8, 2021

Aviation is critical for vaccine distribution, and the people on the frontlines of aviation need priority vaccination. AFA has called on the federal government to set up vaccination clinics at airports to make it easy for aviation workers to access both their first and second doses. This is urgent and we are working with the new administration to make this a priority to protect workers and effectively eradicate the virus.

Until there is a federal program in place we need to continue to call on all governors to move essential aviation workers into tier 1b (or equivalent) in line with other non-medical essential workers and essential transportation workers. Please click here and use our simple online tool to send a letter to your governor.

First Hurdle to PSP Extension Cleared

February 5, 2021 — Budget resolution is a specific legislative process. A budget resolution is a set of instructions to congressional committees on how to spend money in a certain way. The resolution process can be more efficient since it only takes a majority of each chamber to pass.

#ExtendPSP Is On Track, Call Congress

February 4, 2020 — The Senate is moving forward tonight on important procedural votes to pass COVID-19 Relief for Americans, using President Biden’s American Rescue Plan as a foundation. A lot of good things happened today, so please read through the whole article!

AFA Testifies in House of Representatives on COVID-19 in Transportation

February 4, 2021 — The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held a hearing titled "Protecting Transportation Workers and Passengers from COVID: Gaps in Safety, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps." AFA President Sara Nelson will testify to the Payroll Support Program (PSP), vaccine prioritization and mask mandates.