Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

CHICAGO (August 28, 2024) — United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), voted 99.99% yes, with 90.21% participating, on strike authorization should management fail to agree to significant improvements. The results of the vote were announced live, simultaneously, on nearly 20 informational picket lines at airports across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 9, 2024) – Flight Attendants at American wholly-owned PSA Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), will take a strike authorization vote after management’s insulting proposals in contract negotiations. The American Airlines Group management team rewards themselves with massive compensation increases while Flight Attendants at PSA struggle to pay basic bills.

August 5, 2024 — The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA) Board of Directors, the directly elected leaders of 55,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines, voted unanimously to endorse the election of Vice President Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States.

DENVER (July 30, 2024) – Flight Attendants at Frontier Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), will take a strike authorization vote as management refuses to negotiate over the impact of the carrier’s business model change. Frontier management has a legal obligation to bargain over that impact, separate and distinct from their obligation to engage in regular contract negotiations, yet it refuses to do so or to even engage in mediation through the National Mediation Board.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 25, 2024) — The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson released the following statement after United management's attempts to violate our contract and obligations under the law regarding sick leave rights:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2024) — The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President President Sara Nelson released the following statement on President Biden's announcement that he will step aside from the 2024 election:

CHICAGO (July 16, 2024) – Flight Attendants at United Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), will take a strike authorization vote after continued frustrations in contract negotiations. This is the first time since the 2005 bankruptcy negotiations that Flight Attendants at the major airline will vote on strike authorization. This United management team rewards themselves with massive compensation increases while Flight Attendants struggle to pay basic bills. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 12, 2024) — A statement from Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson:

Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2024) —Thousands of Flight Attendants demonstrated together at more than 30 airports around the world on Thursday, June 13 to demand new record contracts to get our fair share of the profits and control of our time. 80,000 Flight Attendants are currently in contract negotiations across the U.S. aviation industry.   

WASHINGTON, June 12 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today, with 31 of his colleagues in the Senate, called on the National Mediation Board (NMB) to urgently resolve unfairly delayed contract negotiations that have left more than 100,000 flight attendants and airline workers stuck in expired contracts without the ability to strike – all while cost-of-living expenses are on the rise and airline carriers rake in record-breaking profits.