Association of Flight Attendants
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| Full name | Association of Flight Attendants |
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| Founded | August 22, 1945 |
| Members | 42,000 |
| Affiliation | AFL-CIO, CWA, ITF |
| Key people |
Sara Nelson (union leader), Int'l President Debora Sutor, Int'l Vice President Kevin Creighan, Int'l Secretary-Treasurer |
| Office location | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www.afacwa.org |
Sara Nelson (union leader), Int'l President
Debora Sutor, Int'l Vice President
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of September 2014, AFA represents 42,000 flight attendants at 19 airlines. Since 2004 AFA has been part of the Communications Workers of America, an affiliate of AFL-CIO. AFA is also an affiliate of the International Transport Workers' Federation.
AFA was founded in 1945 by flight attendants at United Airlines. The organization was originally known as Airline Stewardess Association or "ALSA". In 1949 "ALSA" merged with the Air Line Stewards and Stewardess Association, a division of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). In 1973 ALSSA flight attendants chose self-determination and formed an independent Association of Flight Attendants, leaving ALPA. In 1984 the AFL-CIO granted AFA a charter. After layoffs resulting from the September 11, 2001 Attacks, AFA members voted in 2004 to merge with the Communications Workers of America.
In July 2006, Northwest Airlines flight attendants voted to replace their independent union with AFA. On November 4, 2010, AFA was decertified by the National Mediation Board as the bargaining representative for the pre-merger Northwest Airlines flight attendants of Delta Air Lines, after narrowly losing a representational election of the combined group the day before. AFA filed objections to the election with the National Mediation Board alleging interference. The National Mediation Board later dismissed those charges.
On June 29, 2011 AFA won one of the largest private sector union elections in decades, winning representation rights for the combined workforce of approximately 24,000 flight attendants at United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia. That election was triggered by a National Mediation Board ruling that those airlines had formed a single transportation system as a result of a corporate merger. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers filed objections to the election. Those objections are pending before the National Mediation Board. Negotiations for a single, combined collective bargaining agreement were ongoing as of June 1, 2014.
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