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The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) is a labor union which was founded in 1977 and represents over 28,000 flight attendants at American Airlines.In 2003, APFA played a major role [citation needed] in keeping American Airlines solvent and out of bankruptcy by giving back an employee bailout of $340 million in annual salary and benefits, for a total of over $3 billion.
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.
The union represents 26,000 American Airlines workers. "Flight attendants are ready to take the steps necessary toward a strike as soon as this holiday season," Hedrick previously said.
A strike would disrupt air travel across the country, particularly at DFW — American’s biggest hub where 7,600 flight attendants are based and the airline has more than 900 daily flights at ...
Last month, the airline offered flight attendants a new contract with an immediate 17% wage increase and higher profit sharing in 2024, which the union rejected. American’s flight attendants had ...
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 deal at American follows one at Southwest Airlines, where flight attendants voted in April to ratify a contract that will give them cumulative pay raises of about 33% over four years. United ...
American Airlines pilots voted to go on strike Monday. Southwest pilots are holding a strike vote as well. But none of those union members will be allowed to go on strike anytime soon — if at ...