AFA-CWA members have sent more than 5,000 letters and e-mails to members of Congress to push for a bill that would give flight attendants' coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
This is to inform you that beginning Jan 1, 2007, pre-merger AT&T employees will use the calendar-year method (January 1 to December 31) permmitted under federal law to determine and track an employee's 12-week FMLA allotment.
Across CWA, locals were marking Customer Service Week with a special focus on the Bush administration's efforts to slash the hard-won protections of the Family Medical Leave Act.
Flight attendants are a big step closer to gaining the important benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act under a bill passed this week by the U.S. House of Representatives by a unanimous voice vote.