AFA Media Releases
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Media Release |
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Dec 30, 2004 |
United Airlines Flight Attendants Authorize StrikeFlight attendants at United Airlines overwhelmingly authorized their Union to call for targeted CHAOS™ strike activities should a federal bankruptcy court permit management to abrogate its collective bargaining agreement with its employees. Court hearings begin January 7th in Chicago in the event an agreement is not reached. |
Dec 30, 2004 |
Airline Industry Needs to Straighten Up, Fly RightUntil airlines develop a new business model that unites management and labor in service to passengers, we will be threatened with the downward spiral of our industry. |
Dec 16, 2004 |
AFA Reaches Tentative Agreement With US AirwaysThe Negotiating Committee representing US Airways flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, today reached a tentative agreement with management aimed at helping to restore the financial health of the nation's sixth-largest carrier. |
Dec 15, 2004 |
AFA Recommends Continued Prohibition of Airborne Use of Cell PhonesTo ensure the safety of commercial air travel and minimize confusion on the part of the traveling public, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA recommended today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) leave unchanged its existing prohibition on the airborne use of cellular telephones. |
Dec 14, 2004 |
Flight Attendants Launch National Campaign Against Corporate GreedFlight attendants, other union members and labor supporters will rally in Washington, D.C., and at airports across the country today to focus attention on the critical need for government action to stop management's assault on workers' pensions, health care and jobs in the airline industry. |
Dec 13, 2004 |
US Airways Flight Attendants Authorize StrikeFlight attendants at US Airways overwhelmingly authorized their union to engage in CHAOS™ strike-related activities should a federal bankruptcy court permit management to abrogate its collective bargaining agreement with its employees. |
Dec 9, 2004 |
AMR Eagle Flight Attendants to Picket For New ContractAmerican Eagle flight attendants will voice disapproval at the continued lack of a new contract by setting up informational pickets at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. |
Dec 2, 2004 |
Strike Ballots Go to United Flight AttendantsStrike authorization ballots were mailed today to 21,000 flight attendants at United Airlines, setting the stage for a potential nationwide CHAOStm strike should United or any other contracted carrier abrogate its collective bargaining agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. |
Nov 26, 2004 |
Strike Ballots Go Out at US AirwaysFollowing up on its threat to launch a nationwide strike in the event that one of its contracted airlines abrogates its collective bargaining agreement, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA today mailed out more than 5,000 strike authorization ballots to its members employed by US Airways. |
Nov 20, 2004 |
Second Flight Attendant Group Supports AFA Strike PositionFlight attendants at Southwest Airlines yesterday became the second union outside of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA in as many days to express its support for AFA's call for a nationwide strike in the event that any of its collective bargaining agreements are abrogated. |
Nov 19, 2004 |
Flight Attendants at American Support AFA StruggleThe union representing more than 25,000 flight attendants at American Airlines yesterday offered its strong support for members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA seeking to preserve their wages, work rules and retirement benefits at United Airlines and US Airways. |
Nov 17, 2004 |
AFA Flight Attendants to Rally in Pittsburgh TodayThe Association of Flight Attendants-CWA will hold a rally to demonstrate support for passage by the union’s Board of Directors of a resolution calling for a nationwide strike should any one of its contracted carriers abrogate its collective bargaining agreement. |
Nov 17, 2004 |
Hundreds Rally for AFA Strike ThreatHundreds of flight attendants and their supporters today rallied in Pittsburgh to show support for a decision by their union to call for a nationwide strike in the event that one or more of its contracted carriers abrogates its collective bargaining agreements. |
Nov 17, 2004 |
Progress Made in US Airways TalksModest progress was made yesterday in negotiations between the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and US Airways for achieving long-term cost savings at the troubled carrier. |
Nov 16, 2004 |
AFA Board Approves Strike ResolutionThe governing body of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA today unanimously approved a resolution calling for a nationwide strike to draw attention to attempts by the nation's air carriers to bust unions and destroy contracts. |
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