Organizing Update

U.S.-based Cathay Pacific Cabin Crew

U.S.-based Cathay Pacific Airlines Flight Attendants joined AFA-CWA. In a union representation election, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that 97 percent of the voters elected AFA as their collective bargaining representative. The company employs approximately 450 cabin crew in the U.S. with bases at SFO, LAX and JFK.

"We are so proud to welcome our sisters and brothers at Cathay Pacific who chose to join with AFA-CWA Flight Attendants around the world," said AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson.

"I'm grateful that we finally have a voice to speak up, and we no longer have to fear management or feel alone," said Connie Lai, a member of the Cathay Pacific cabin crew.

"Now we have a future with Cathay Pacific. This is one of the happiest days of my life. We now have a voice," said Cindy Wu, a member of the Cathay Pacific cabin crew.

Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific operates multiple cabin crew units in the U.S., Canada, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok. Cathay Pacific has daily flights out of LAX, SFO, JFK, BOS and ORD to Hong Kong.

"U.S.-based Cathay Pacific Flight Attendants will now use the support and resources of AFA-CWA to negotiate a first contract with the improvements and protections they have rightfully earned," added Nelson.

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Corus Entertainment

Forty-nine employees in Master Control, Broadcast Technology, and INR in television at Corus Quay in Toronto, Ont., have voted to join the Canadian Media Guild/CWA Canada. The vote comes after Corus bought Shaw Media, where CWA had a unit of 17 members.

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The Right Step

LVNs at The Right Step in Wimberly, Tex., have voted to join CWA. The Right Step is a residential drug rehab center in the small town south of Austin. The unit will represent 18 employees.