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AFA Board Approves Merger with CWA
Members of the Association of Flight Attendants' board of directors voted Oct. 30 to approve a merger agreement between their union and CWA. The board of directors, with about 75 voting members, is made up of the top officers of the AFA local executive councils, or local unions.
The next step in the process is a membership ratification vote, scheduled to be completed by November 25.
CWA President Morton Bahr addressed the board meeting in Boston and said the CWA and AFA partnership will be a positive step for members of two great unions and will help energize new organizing efforts in the airline industry. The merger agreement guarantees that AFA will remain the premier flight attendant union, continuing to bargain contracts, process grievances and raise flight attendant issues within the industry and on Capitol Hill, he said.
By joining with CWA, AFA gains the support of an innovative, democratic union in its fight for flight attendant jobs, safety and security, Bahr said.
AFA President Pat Friend said flight attendants "are working and living in the most anxious of times, when our industry and our profession are under siege as never before." This merger is right for AFA, because it will make our union even stronger, will increase our resources and ability to fight for flight attendants every day on the line and will support our work in Washington and internationally, she said.
The next step in the process is a membership ratification vote, scheduled to be completed by November 25.
CWA President Morton Bahr addressed the board meeting in Boston and said the CWA and AFA partnership will be a positive step for members of two great unions and will help energize new organizing efforts in the airline industry. The merger agreement guarantees that AFA will remain the premier flight attendant union, continuing to bargain contracts, process grievances and raise flight attendant issues within the industry and on Capitol Hill, he said.
By joining with CWA, AFA gains the support of an innovative, democratic union in its fight for flight attendant jobs, safety and security, Bahr said.
AFA President Pat Friend said flight attendants "are working and living in the most anxious of times, when our industry and our profession are under siege as never before." This merger is right for AFA, because it will make our union even stronger, will increase our resources and ability to fight for flight attendants every day on the line and will support our work in Washington and internationally, she said.