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AFA-CWA Calling for U.S. Congress to Provide FMLA Coverage to Flight Attendants.

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October 14, 2009
The Family and Medical Leave Act was legislated to allow workers to take unpaid leave or to substitute appropriate earned paid leave for up to 12 work weeks in any 12 month period to care for a child, family member with a serious health condition, or the employee's own health condition. As determined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, coverage is based upon working 1,250 hours in a year. However, due to this requirement, this formula does not provide FMLA protection/coverage for flight attendants (because time spent between airline trips (as compared with "flight time") does not count towards their time at work).

CWA Health and Safety Video Contest

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October 14, 2009
The CWA Health and Safety Department wants to put YOU on its website in a "YouTube" style video showcasing a CWA Health & Safety issue. We will have a contest to pick the best video that will be posted to the CWA Health and Safety Website and be listed in the CWA News!

Crystal Lee Sutton, the Real-Life "Norma Rae," Is Dead at 68

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October 9, 2009

Crystal Lee Sutton, the union organizer whose real-life stand on her worktable at a textile factory in North Carolina in 1973 was the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie "Norma Rae," died recently in Burlington, N.C. She was 68.

Letter to the Department of Labor

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September 28, 2009
On September 28, 2008 CWA Health and Safety Director Dave LeGrande wrote and sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) concerning the "Requirements for Department of Labor Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks."