Starting today the June bid period, GoJet AFA Flight Attendants will now earn pay for boarding passengers. GoJet Flight Attendants are the first regional Flight Attendants to implement contractual boarding pay.
Congratulations, @samforstag.bsky.social, on your MT-1 primary win! Sam is a true champion for working people. He's fought for others as a smokejumper and federal sector union leader. Winning his primary is the first step — let’s get Sam to Congress!
June is #Pride Month! AFA-CWA supports all LGBTQ+ Flight Attendants and workers as we fight for protections on the job and in our communities.
We remember the 6 crew and 95 passengers who perished onboard Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293, a military charter that crashed into the sea off the coast of Alaska in 1963.
As AI reshapes our communities and our workplaces, “workers deserve the right to help guide that transition, not simply be subjected to it,” writes AFA Alaska Council 30 President LeiLauni Scheideman in the Anchorage Daily News.
We can’t let our legislators give tech oligarchs a free pass. Read her full op-ed: www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Later this summer, Mesa and Republic Flight Attendants will implement boarding pay under their new joint contract.
This is a huge step as we continue to solidify this pay factor as the industry standard no matter the airline.
@rweingarten.bsky.social & @flyingwithsara.bsky.social released the following statement:
“Our response to the Great American AI Act is simple: Hard no. This bill is a giveaway to the AI industry and a handful of trillion-dollar companies, at the expense of workers." afacwa.org/union-leader...