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USA3000 Airlines flight attendants now have union representation
by B .N. SullivanIn August of this year, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) to hold a union representation election on behalf of flight attendants at USA3000 Airlines. Balloting in that election ...
USA3000 Airlines flight attendants begin union vote
by B .N. SullivanToday flight attendants at USA3000 Airlines began voting in a union representation election. The vote will determine whether Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) will become their collective bargaining representative. Vote...
AFA files for flight attendant union election at USA3000 Airlines
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) recently filed a petition with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to hold an election for union representation on behalf of USA3000 Airlines flight attendants. If a majority of the airline's 100-plus...
United Airlines and flight attendants' union file for mediation of contract talks
UAL Corp., the parent company of United Airlines, and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the union representing United's flight attendants, have jointly petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) requesting the assistance of a federal med...
AFA seeks union representation election for 20,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants
Today the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) moved to officially ask the National Mediation Board (NMB) to conduct a representation election for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines. As a first step in the process, the AFA requested that the NMB...
United Airlines grants voluntary furloughs to 1,926 flight attendants
United Airlines flight attendants learned today that 1,926 Voluntary Furloughs have been awarded in the current round. The furloughs range in length from 10 months to 30 months. Last month the airline announced a need to have 2,150 flight attendan...
The Details: New round of furloughs for United Airlines flight attendants
A new round of furloughs was announced today for United Airlines flight attendants. The airline notified the flight attendants' union, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), that it needs to have a total of 2,150 Flight Attendants on furlough s...
US Airways Flight 1549 flight attendants given heroism award
The three flight attendants who successfully evacuated over 150 passengers from US Airways Flight 1549 after the A320 aircraft made a water landing in the Hudson River in January were honored by their union, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA...
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants ratify contract
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has announced that Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have ratified a two year contract extension. According to AFA, the extension provides for pay increases, access to profit sharing and maintains importan...
Alaska Airlines flight attendants ratify contract extension
Alaska Airlines flight attendants have ratified a two-year contract extension. The ratification vote, which concluded on March 10, 2009, extends the contract through April 2012. The contract was previously amendable on May 1, 2010.According to a st...
Spirit Airlines flight attendants file for federal mediation of talks
The latest manifestation of the ongoing poor relations between Spirit Airlines crew members and management: The flight attendants at Spirit Airlines have filed for federal mediation of their contract negotiations. The Association of Flight Attenda...
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have a tentative contract
Flight attendants and management at Hawaiian Airlines have reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a proposed new contract. The TA was announced yesterday by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA), which represents Hawaiian flight attendants....
9/11 flight attendant Cee Cee Lyles memorialized by her home town
Cee Cee Lyles, a United Airlines flight attendant who was killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was honored by her home town of Fort Pierce, FL, today. A post office in Fort Pierce was dedicated in her memory, in a ceremony conduct...
Alaska Airlines flight attendants have tentative contract agreement
The flight attendants' union at Alaska Airlines announced that they have reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a proposed two-year contract extension. The TA will be circulated to the union membership and a vote will be scheduled. The Association o...
US Dept. of Labor Re-classifies Flight Attendants as 'Essential ' Workers
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has reclassified the flight attendant occupation as 'essential transportation workers', thanks in part to the efforts of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA). Formerly, the flight attendant occupatio...
US Airways Flight 1549 Flight Attendants Successfully Evacuate All 150 Passengers
Yesterday a US Airways A320 aircraft ditched in the icy waters of the Hudson River minutes after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport. The aircraft, operating as US Airways Flight 1549, had been en route to Charlotte, NC. The accident happe...
Lynx Aviation flight attendants elect AFA to represent them
For several months, I have been following the progress of the flight attendants at Lynx Aviation as they sought union representation. I am happy to report that their quest has been realized.Last Autumn, a strong majority of Lynx's flight attendants ...
United Airlines Flight Attendants: No New Furloughs After All
There was some good news this week for flight attendants at United Airlines. The United Master Executive Council of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the union representing United cabin crew, sent a message to its membership yesterday to ...
Flight Attendants at Ryan International Airlines Vote to Join Union
Flight attendants at Ryan International Airlines have elected the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) as their collective bargaining representative. The union received 111 votes. The total vote well exceeded the National Mediation Board'...
United Airlines expected to furlough 250 more flight attendants in early 2009
United Airlines management has notified its flight attendants' union that additional furloughs are expected in early 2009. The United Master Executive Council of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the uni0on representing United cabin crew, ...
Union representation election set for Lynx Aviation flight attendants
Last month the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) submitted signature cards to the U.S. National Mediation Board (NMB) from Lynx Aviation flight attendants who want AFA as their collective bargaining representative, and filed a petition with...
Union election set for Ryan International Airlines flight attendants
Earlier this month, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) filed a petition with the U.S. National Mediation Board (NMB) seeking union representation for the flight attendants at Ryan International Airlines. Today the AFA announced that ...
Northwest Airlines Flight Attendants to Testify on Delta-Northwest Merger Effects
Tomorrow, November 13, 2008, Northwest Airlines flight attendants will testify before the Metropolitan Affairs Committee for the State of Minnesota and Representative Debra Hilstom. The Committee is investigating how the merger of Northwest Airlines...
Flight attendant union ready to work with new administration on important initiatives
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the world's largest flight attendant union, supported Barack Obama in his Presidential campaign, urging its membership to cast their votes in his favor. Now that Mr. Obama has succeeded in his ques...
Ryan International Airlines flight attendants ready to join union
Flight attendants at Illinois-based charter carrier, Ryan International Airlines, are preparing for a representational election. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the world's largest flight attendant union, collected the require...
Flight attendants at Frontier Airlines subsidiary Lynx Aviation seek union
Flight attendants at Lynx Aviation, a regional carrier that is a subsidiary of Frontier Airlines, may soon be represented by the world's largest flight attendant union. Earlier today, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) filed a petiti...
Flight attendant solidarity: AFA supports APFA campaign
In a commendable show of solidarity, the Association of Flight Attendants, the union representing the flight attendants at regional airline American Eagle, has issued a public statement in support of flight attendants at American Airlines, who are r...
NMB dismisses claims that Delta Air Lines interfered with union certification election
The flight attendant profession suffered an insulting blow this week when the U.S. National Mediation Board (NMB) dismissed charges by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) that Delta Air Lines management illegally interfered with a union certif...
Flight attendants plan to rally at Northwest Airlines shareholder meeting
Northwest Airlines flight attendants are planning a rally outside the Northwest Shareholders Meeting tomorrow, September 25, 2008, in New York. The planned merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines is expected to be approved at the meeti...
United Airlines will furlough 1,550 flight attendants
United Airlines has announced plans to reduce its flight attendant work force by 1,550, effective Oct. 31, 2008. The announcement came in a letter issued this morning to the the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the union representing United A...
