Election Day Is 9 Days Away
Election Day Is 9 Days Away
October 25, 2024 - October 29 is Vote Early Day! This day is one week before Election Day. Many of us will be working on Election Day. That’s why it’s so important that you vote early or by absentee ballot, and ask your flying partners to do the same. Our vote is our voice!
Read more »AFA Frontier Advances Position under RLA
AFA Frontier Advances Position under RLA
October 25, 2024 - There are two updates in AFA Frontier’s fight for fairness. AFA Frontier filed for mediation this week for Section 6 bargaining. AFA Frontier’s contract became amendable earlier this year and mediation is an important step to move the process forward.
Read more »We want to honor Veteran Flight Attendants
We want to honor Veteran Flight Attendants
October 18, 2024 - From military service to aviation’s first responders, we’re celebrating the military union veterans of AFA. Ahead of Veterans Day, we want to recognize and honor your service. Share your story about your military service with us by taking part in this short survey.
Read more »Freedom, human rights, and self-determination are on the ballot
Freedom, human rights, and self-determination are on the ballot
October 18, 2024 - Choice and self-determination are why we formed our union. We organized to define our careers, keep our personal choices as our own - not the government’s or airline management’s - and lift up our role in saving lives as aviation’s first responders. Our first demands as a union were seniority-based scheduling, to stop managers from attempting to pressure us to trade sex or sexual exploitation for schedules.
Read more »United Express Flight Attendants Ramp Up Contract Fight at Mesa
United Express Flight Attendants Ramp Up Contract Fight at Mesa
October 18, 2024 - Next week, Mesa AFA has the first session of federally mediated negotiations. AFA filed for federal mediation in September to press forward on a new contract for 560 Flight Attendants.
Read more »United AFA Pickets Headquarters as Management Announces $1.5 Billion in Stock Buybacks
United AFA Pickets Headquarters as Management Announces $1.5 Billion in Stock Buybacks
October 18, 2024 - United AFA picketed Willis Tower this week after management announced $1.5 billion in stock buybacks for the first time since the pandemic while delaying much needed improvements in a new contract for Flight Attendants.
Read more »AFA EAP Wins Lifetime Award
AFA EAP Wins Lifetime Award
October 11, 2024 —We are proud to announce that our AFA EAP Director Heather Healy was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Employee Assistance Professionals Association in recognition of our outstanding Union program and her visionary work. Heather has led our AFA EAP for over 25 years, training hundreds of AFA EAP reps, helping thousands of Flight Attendants, and assisting other unions in establishing their own union EAP.
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