Holiday Travel Season Begins with Protests at United Airlines by Flight Attendants Around the World
Washington D.C. (December 16, 2015) – More than five years after the merger of United/Continental/Continental Micronesia, United management still fails to complete negotiations for a joint Flight Attendant contract. As holiday travel ramps up a week before Christmas, United Flight Attendants are marching at nearly 20 airports around the world to call attention to severe delays by management in contract negotiations.
Read more »Worldwide Protest December 17 by United Flight Attendants as Holiday Travel Begins
The Grinch is Negotiating with United Flight Attendants
Washington, DC (December 14, 2015) – United Airline Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants - CWA, will picket at airports around the world December 17 calling on United to finish its merger with Continental Airlines. Five years later, United management still fails to negotiate a fair contract even within a period of historic profits.
Read more »Safety and Security Remain Key Priorities for Flight Attendants During Busy Holiday Season
Washington, DC (October 20, 2015) – –The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) wishes everyone
happy holidays and reminds all passengers the role Flight Attendants serve on board our airplanes.
Flight Attendant Union Encourages Acting CEO Brett Hart to Continue Direction Set by Oscar Munoz
Washington, DC (October 20, 2015) – The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) released the following statement today welcoming Brett Hart as acting CEO while Oscar Munoz is on medical leave:
Read more »Flight Attendant Union Leaders Honor US Airways History on Last Flight
For Immediate Release Contact: October 16, 2015 Molly Sheerer 202-550-5520
Washington, D.C. (October 16, 2015) – In advance of the final flight of US Airways, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) lauded the decades of service of tens of thousands of flight attendants who flew under the colors of US Airways and its historical ancestors.
Read more »Flight Attendant Union Holds Moment of Silence to Honor September 11 Heroes
Washington, DC (September 11, 2015) – The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) issued the following statement on the 14th year since the September 11, 2001 attacks changed the country and the Flight Attendant profession forever:
“On September 11, 2001, twenty-five Flight Attendants took action as first responders in a war we didn’t know we were fighting. These heroes were among the first to relay the intelligence that alerted our country and our flying partners in flight 93, who in turn sacrificed their own lives to save countless others on the ground.
Read more »British Airways Crew Commended by World’s Largest Flight Attendant Union
Washington, DC (September 9, 2015) – The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), is proud to applaud the life-saving action of the crew of British Airways flight 2276. Pilots acted quickly to abort take off of the Boeing 777 due to an engine fire and Flight Attendants executed a safe evacuation at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport before the aircraft was completely consumed by flames.
Read more »Flight Attendants Welcome New Leadership at United Airlines
Washington, DC (September 8, 2015) – United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), today welcomed new executive leadership at United Airlines with the appointment of Oscar Munoz as Chief Executive Officer.
Read more »World’s Largest Flight Attendant Union Honors Women’s Equality Day
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) celebrates the 95th anniversary of the victory of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Read more »World’s Largest Flight Attendant Union Celebrates 70 Years
Seventy years ago, the Airline Stewardess Association was formed and began to pave the way for what is today the world’s largest Flight Attendant union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA).
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