AFA-CWA's Shook Joins AFL-CIO Executive Board

AFA-CWA President Veda Shook speaks to fellow members of the AFL-CIO Executive Board after being seated March 1 as one of the federation's vice presidents.

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Bringing a strong voice for flight attendants to the nation's largest federation of unions, AFA-CWA International President Veda Shook was seated this week as a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Board.

Shook joins CWA President Larry Cohen as an AFL-CIO vice president and board member. She will offer the federation the valuable perspective of a union leader, flight attendant and working mother.

"It is an honor to be such an integral part of the AFL-CIO, serving as the voice for working families and promoting our right for collective bargaining," Shook said. "It is crucial that, as a council, we constantly find ways to engage workers and work together to make unions more accessible to our members and all workers who strive to have a voice at work."

Shook began her term as AFA-CWA president in January after 20 years of local and national union service advocating for the rights and safety of America's flight attendants.