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Sara Nelson (born March 11, 1973) is an American union leader who serves as the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL–CIO. [1] A United Airlines flight attendant since 1996, she previously served as AFA's international vice president for a term beginning January 1, 2011.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of January 2018, AFA represents 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines. Since 2004, AFA has been part of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), an affiliate of AFL–CIO.
Alaska Airlines flight attendant Rebecca Owens works 10 hours a day but only gets paid for half that time - a legacy of a common U.S. airline policy to pay cabin crew members only when planes are ...
On September 2, 2019, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant called for an evacuation of Terminal A of the Newark Liberty International Airport, causing panic among Labor Day travelers. [ 195 ] [ 196 ] The flight attendant was subsequently detained by police who determined that the incident was a false alarm; the employee reportedly suffered from ...
President of the Association of Flight Attendants CWA Sara Nelson joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the August jobs report and how it affects the airline industry, grappling with labor shortages ...
AFA Alaska represents more than 6,500 flight attendants. The vote of flight attendants that ended on Wednesday saw a 92.4% participation rate of eligible voters, the union in an online statement.
Today, AFA-CWA represents 42,000 flight attendants at 21 airlines, making it the largest flight attendant union in the world. As a result of the merger between AFA-CWA and the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Friend served as a CWA Vice President. In that capacity, she was a member of several CWA Executive Board committees, including ...
The union representing Alaska Airlines flight attendants has voted to authorize a strike.