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Flight Attendants' Board Approves Merger with CWA: Members to Vote Soon
Members of the Association of Flight Attendants' board of directors voted October 30 to approve a merger with CWA.
The board, with about 75 voting members, comprises the top officers of AFA local executive councils, or local unions. The next step in the process is a membership ratification vote, scheduled to be completed by Nov. 25.
Addressing the AFA board meeting in Boston, CWA President Morton Bahr said the partnership "will be a positive step for members of two great unions and will help energize new organizing efforts in the airline industry."
The agreement guarantees that AFA will remain the premier flight attendant union, continuing to bargain contracts, process grievances and raise members' issues within the industry and on Capitol Hill, Bahr and AFA President Pat Friend said.
Friend said the merger will make AFA even stronger, especially important as flight attendants "are working and living in the most anxious of times, when our industry and our profession are under siege as never before."
The board, with about 75 voting members, comprises the top officers of AFA local executive councils, or local unions. The next step in the process is a membership ratification vote, scheduled to be completed by Nov. 25.
Addressing the AFA board meeting in Boston, CWA President Morton Bahr said the partnership "will be a positive step for members of two great unions and will help energize new organizing efforts in the airline industry."
The agreement guarantees that AFA will remain the premier flight attendant union, continuing to bargain contracts, process grievances and raise members' issues within the industry and on Capitol Hill, Bahr and AFA President Pat Friend said.
Friend said the merger will make AFA even stronger, especially important as flight attendants "are working and living in the most anxious of times, when our industry and our profession are under siege as never before."