AFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union

“[I'm] trying to find new ways of paying rent, picking up extra jobs.”

PSA Flight Attendants cannot afford to go any longer without a new contract. Join us on 8/18 at DAY, CLT, DCA, DFW, & PHL for our Day of Action to demand a Contract Now!

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

“It's anti-vet. And it's spitting in the face of American values. Their intent is clear: break the VA to justify privatizing it so those funds can enrich their billionaire friends in the private healthcare corporations.” 3/3

“Terminating the union contracts of VA workers directly harms more than 120,000 veterans on the VA staff who serve their fellow veterans, and hundreds of thousands of civilian employees who dedicate themselves to giving vets the care they've earned. This is union busting.” 2/3

“What Secretary Collins and the Trump administration just did to our VA workers shows pure contempt for our veterans,” @flyingwithsara.bsky.social. 1/3

👏 thank you @duckworth.senate.gov!

The strike is our tactic. Solidarity is our power. We have more in common than any issue a union buster could dream up to try to divide us. The only antidote to union busting is solidarity. That’s the hard lesson of PATCO, but a really positive solution we all crave.

We have power. The firing of the air traffic controllers didn’t just destroy the lives of the strikers, it struck a blow to every union in the country and workers rights to withhold their labor if there isn’t agreement about the terms of employment.

Donald J. Devine, the director of the Office of Personnel Management at the time, said “When the president said no ... American business leaders were given a lesson in managerial leadership that they could not and did not ignore.”

Historian Joseph A. McCartin concluded that the 1981 strike and defeat of PATCO was “one of the most important events” in late 20th century U.S. labor history.

Reagan branded the strike illegal. He threatened to fire any controller who failed to return to work within 48 hours. Federal judges levied fines of $1 million a day against the union.

PATCO strikers.

44 years ago, on August 3, 1981, nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers, members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), walked out after contract talks with the Federal Aviation Administration collapsed.

We fly with pride all year long 🌈✈️

Our union has built this career so that anyone can be a Flight Attendant, no matter who you love or how you identify. And we’ll keep pushing for equality every way we can. ✊

“I work anywhere between 118 to 128 flight hours a month just to meet my bills.”

Join PSA Flight Attendants on August 18th for their Day of Action. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

See you on the picket line!

“Solidarity and strength in numbers make all the difference.”

On the 26th anniversary of domestic partner benefits at United, Stan Kiino, United AFA Council 11 member, tells the story of how AFA activists made it happen.

Delta workers are organizing for our union!

@aflcio.org President @lizshuler.bsky.social met up with @afadelta.bsky.social Flight Attendants and @iamunion.bsky.social Ramp to get the latest on our historic campaign. ✊✈️ #OrganizeAndFlyTogether

@afacwa.org International President @flyingwithsara.bsky.social says workers across aviation are facing "distractions" from the Trump administration. Threats to fire air traffic controllers and cuts to the NWS and USAID will make it harder for workers to keep people safe: bit.ly/44ViWX4

The #BetterInAUnion bus tour was in Atlanta today to support @iamunion.bsky.social, @afacwa.org, @seiu.org and @unitehere.org workers and as they organize their workplaces at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. America’s unions are ready to fight for workers’ anywhere.

The #BetterInAUnion bus tour was in Atlanta today to support @iamunion.bsky.social, @afacwa.org, @unitehere.org and @SEIU.org workers at the Atlanta Airport. It was an honor to meet them and hear their stories about what inspired them to organize a union. The entire labor movement has their back.

On behalf of more than 3 million American workers, we are writing to encourage you to swiftly correct a technical error in the tax code which is costing our individual members thousands of dollars each year. The current law exempting premium compensation earned for overtime hours utilizes an outdated, nearly century old definition of overtime which does not accurately reflect our modern work schedules and unintentionally excludes millions of hourly workers. As amended by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA), the tax code allows most hourly workers to deduct up to $25,000 of overtime pay from their annual income for tax purposes (26 USC §225). That represents as much as $6,000 in tax savings per year for working families – a massive benefit for workers who put in the long hours necessary to earn it. However, the tax code uses an extremely limited and outdated definition of overtime from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) – a law that was never intended to be used related to the tax code or the taxable treatment of worker’s time. This definition exempts millions of hourly workers and uses arbitrary formulas that begin overtime at 55 hours of work or more each week. Wedging this definition into the tax code has left airline, motorcoach, railroad, trucking, delivery, emergency response, and many other workers out in the cold. The FLSA definition of overtime completely excludes nearly all transportation workers, including airline, rail, trucking, maritime and others based off their employer and job duties. Many of these workers are in highly-skilled positions essential to our economy. The current

overtime tax provision creates a disincentive for new workers to take these positions relative where other jobs that qualify for these benefits are available. Fire fighters, law enforcement officers, hospital workers, and other emergency service workers have significantly higher federal thresholds under the FLSA for overtime pay. Some states and localities have addressed this disparity by setting much more reasonable thresholds through state law or collective bargaining agreements. The overtime tax deduction ignores this modernized reality and excludes these workers from accessing overtime tax benefits until they exceed the arbitrarily high FLSA minimums which are unrelated to their actual work schedules. As constructed, the overtime tax exemption unintentionally prevents millions of hourly workers from benefitting from this new provision. Our unions have supported legislation offered by both Republicans and Democrats to correct this oversight and honor the long hours our members put into the essential jobs that keep our economy running. We urge you to swiftly pass legislation that ensures all hourly workers are eligible for this important tax benefit.

Senate Republicans in Congress blocked millions of workers, including Flight Attendants, from "No Tax on Overtime Wages."

We joined unions to call on Congress to correct the tax code on overtime wages to include airline, motorcoach, railroad, trucking, delivery, emergency response, and others!

AFA-CWA Statement on Delta Settlement Regarding Executive Compensation Violation of COVID Relief Program Today, Delta Air Lines agreed to pay an $8.1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the agreements of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) – the Workers First COVID relief program tha...

"... and the airline executives are driven first and foremost to take profits for themselves and their investors at the expense of workers, passengers and our communities.”

Read the full statement: www.afacwa.org/delta_covid_...

Statement from @flyingwithsara.bsky.social: “Delta’s violation of the PSP by exceeding compensation caps for corporate officers simply shows once again why @afadelta.bsky.social are organizing – because they know without a union, there is no accountability, there is no voice for the workers..."

The PSP – designed and championed by AFA and unions across the aviation industry – created a first-of-its-kind workers-first relief plan from the government with the most strict requirements and oversight by Treasury.

It provided true oversight and accountability for airlines.

Delta Airlines Pays $8.1 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds Delta Airlines, Inc. (“Delta”) paid $8.1 million to the United States to settle claims that the company violated conditions Congress placed on federal relief funds provided to Delta under the Payroll ...

Today, Delta Air Lines agreed to pay an $8.1 mil settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the agreements of the Payroll Support Program – the Workers First COVID relief program that continued paychecks for aviation workers while capping exec. compensation. www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr...

AFA PSA August 18 Day of Action AFA Flight Attendants from PSA are fighting for a fair contract! Join us at one of these airports on August 18th.

On 8/18 PSA Flight Attendants will hold a system-wide Day of Action just ahead of scheduled mediation on 8/20-22. It’s time for all of us to rally around them & pressure their management to deliver the Contract they have earned!

RSVP for DAY, DCA, CLT, DFW, or PHL: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Disaster Relief Fund - AFA Disaster Relief Fund

As hurricane season continues, donate to the AFA Disaster Relief Fund and help our flying partners today. 100% of the funds contribution will go directly to impacted Flight Attendants in the form of cash assistance: unionly.io/o/afadrf/rel...

Catastrophic flooding in Texas has been declared a major disaster by the federal government. Affected AFA members can now apply for Disaster Relief Funds: cwaunion.wufoo.com/forms/mjmecm...

Disaster Relief Fund

The AFA Disaster Relief Fund provides financial assistance for AFA members and retirees who have suffered significant damage or relocation as a result of a disaster.

Trump's big, ugly betrayal hurts working families by taking food off the table, abandoning public education and eroding the social programs that support hardworking Americans. Our ad, supported by an incredible coalition representing millions of people, is in today's NYT. www.aft.org/press-releas...

TSA announced a change to the shoe screening policy today. Read up & share for full awareness.

Happy 4th of July!

Wishing a safe and happy 4th of July to all of Aviation's First Responders!