What are some recent AFA successes?
Joining AFA-CWA means joining a record of wins that shaped the Flight Attendant profession. AFA-represented Flight Attendants drove them, every Flight Attendant in the industry benefits, and SkyWest Flight Attendants can now help write the next ones.
Recent wins at AFA airlines.
Pick a carrier. These are the gains Flight Attendants won at the bargaining table.
The FAA Reauthorization wins.
AFA-CWA's Government Affairs team helped shape the bill. Tap a card for what it changed.
A minimum of 10 consecutive hours of rest between duty periods, with no reduction allowed. Flight Attendants fought for this for more than 30 years; it is now federal law for every carrier, union or not.
New standards for monitoring and maintaining cabin air quality, and for preventing extreme temperatures on aircraft, a problem Flight Attendants documented for years before the law caught up.
Required training on recognizing human trafficking, handling onboard medical emergencies and dealing with disruptive passengers, so the people responsible for the cabin are prepared for what actually happens in it.
The Payroll Support Program.
When the pandemic grounded the industry, AFA went to Congress. Flight Attendants at every carrier, SkyWest included, kept their jobs because of it.
AFA wrote the plan, built the coalition and won the vote.
In 2020, with airlines preparing mass furloughs, AFA-CWA spearheaded the Payroll Support Program with legislators and pushed it through Congress. The money could go only to paychecks and benefits, with no layoffs, no executive bonuses and no stock buybacks allowed. Flight Attendants stayed employed, paid and attached to their healthcare through the worst crisis in the industry's history.
That is what a union with a seat in Washington does for the whole profession. Imagine what one does for SkyWest Flight Attendants at our own bargaining table.
Wins Flight Attendants still stand on.
FFamily and Medical LeaveFMLA eligibility for Flight Attendants+
AFA won the inclusion of Flight Attendants under FMLA, fixing a formula built on a 40-hour week that had locked crews out. Flight Attendants can now take unpaid leave for family and medical reasons without fear of losing their jobs.
$Payroll Support ProgramJobs, paychecks and healthcare through the industry's largest crisis+
AFA spearheaded the Payroll Support Program with legislators and pushed it through Congress, keeping Flight Attendants employed, paid and attached to their benefits through the pandemic. The law barred the money from going to executive bonuses or stock buybacks. SkyWest accepted roughly $700 million of it. See how AFA won it →
CCHAOS™Create Havoc Around Our System+
AFA developed and trademarked a strategy of intermittent strikes that maximizes pressure on management while minimizing risk to Flight Attendants. Upheld in court, it has produced landmark contracts.
SSafety, health and securityStandards the whole industry now follows+
From the smoking ban to OSHA protections in the cabin to Known Crewmember screening, AFA has been the Flight Attendant voice behind decades of aviation safety, health and security standards.
Issues AFA Flight Attendants championed.
Each one opens the AFA campaign page.
A credible threat moves the table.
Strike authorization votes have pushed negotiations forward at every carrier in contract talks, including the industry-leading agreement delivered to Alaska Flight Attendants for a vote. When management believes Flight Attendants will act, it makes real concessions.
Stop waiting. Start bargaining.
SkyWest Flight Attendants wait for management to match what union Flight Attendants won elsewhere, offered only when it helps head off organizing, and changeable at any time.
We join more than 50,000 Flight Attendants at regional and mainline carriers, set our own priorities and negotiate an enforceable contract built on them.
With our SkyWest AFA union, SkyWest Flight Attendants determine the priorities and the means to negotiate a better future.
