Frontier Flight Attendants File For Federal Mediation As Airline Management Refuses to Bargain Around Drastic Business Model Change with Immediate Harm to Flight Attendants
DENVER (May 29, 2024) — Today, Frontier Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), have filed for federal mediation with the National Mediation Board for impact bargaining over Frontier Airlines’ business model change that is causing a dramatic reduction in compensation while sharply increasing time on the job or commuting to it.
Read more »As Airplane Safety Concerns Rise, Congressman Frost Introduces Bipartisan “Safe Air on Airplanes Act” to Protect Passengers and Flight Crews
After Hearing From a Local Flight Attendant, Frost Introduces Bill to Stop Passengers and Crew from Inhaling Toxic Jet Fumes on Planes
Read more »AFA Statement on Singapore Airlines Flight 321
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2024) — Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson, representing over 50,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines, released the following statement on Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321:
Read more »Flight Attendants Applaud FAA Reauthorization Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 15, 2024) — The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson released the following statement on the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Bill:
Read more »Flight Attendant Union Applauds U.S. Senators for Telling Delta Air Lines to Remain Neutral in Union Organizing Campaigns
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2024 – Delta AFA Flight Attendants and the over 50,000 Flight Attendants of the Association of Flight Attendant-CWA applauds 25 U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), telling Delta Air Lines to remain neutral in union organizing campaigns for approximately 55,000 workers at the most profitable U.S. airline.
Read more »Nation's Labor Leaders Call for Expeditious Passage of FAA Reauthorization
WASHINGTON — Ahead of a key vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, the nation’s top labor leaders voiced their support for swift action by the chamber of the U.S. Congress to pass the FAA reauthorization legislation and send it to the president’s desk for signature.
Read more »AFA Applauds U.S. Congress for Backing Aviation Workers’ Right to Strike in Order to Settle Contract Disputes
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14, 2024) — The Flight Attendant Union, representing over 50,000 Flight Attendants at 20 airlines, applauds the 178 Members of Congress, led by Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), who signed the letter to the National Mediation Board urging the agency to use all provisions under the Railway Labor Act to resolve contract negotiations.
Read more »New Survey Shows Alaska Flight Attendants Experience Significant Financial Insecurity and Stress Without New Contract
Stagnant pay, high cost of living in base cities lead to financial hardship
SEATTLE (May 9, 2024) — A significant number of Alaska Flight Attendants report notable financial insecurity and stress due to stagnant pay, according to a new member survey released today by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA). Management must significantly raise Flight Attendant pay and get this contract done now.
Read more »Breeze Flight Attendants Vote Overwhelmingly to Join the Flight Attendant Union
Union organizing wins continue in the South
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2024) — Breeze Airways Flight Attendants voted 76.3% to join the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA) in an election certified today by the National Mediation Board (NMB). AFA continues the wave of union organizing in the south with Flight Attendants based in the least unionized state of South Carolina and Florida, Louisiana, Utah, and Virginia - all in the bottom ten.
Read more »AFA President Sara Nelson on Mass Arrest of Anti-War Protestors
Washington, D.C. (May 3, 2024) — Following the arrests of students and professors at universities across the country, AFA International President Sara Nelson released the following statement:
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