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FA FIRED FOR REVEALING SHE QUALIFIES FOR FOOD STAMPS

"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level—I mean the wages of decent living." ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt

On August 25th, Compass Flight Attendant Kirsten Arianejad was terminated for publicly revealing she qualified for food stamps. Rather than address the real issue - poverty wages - Compass management seeks to silence the messenger. Your MEC sent THIS LETTER to Compass CEO Tim Campbell in support of our union sister Kirsten. FULL STORY


OUR HISTORIC ELECTION
3 September 2010 - Just in time to drive home the significance of labor’s holiday weekend, the National Mediation Board authorized our representational election and announced an official election schedule. Delta flight attendants everywhere kicked off the workers’ holiday with fresh excitement, knowing many months of hard work will soon culminate in an historic election to retain a legal voice in our future. Thanks to more democratic NMB voting rules established earlier this summer, this will be the first such election where every voice truly counts in the voting process. Read the complete press release HERE. Watch videos on this subject and more HERE. Complete NMB and election information HERE.


AFA FILES LAWSUIT TO COMPEL DELTA TO COMPLY WITH RLA

"It is our solemn responsibility to uphold and defend our contract and we will use any means necessary to do so. To that end, today we filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines in the United States District Court in Washington, DC. This case arises from Delta Air Lines numerous and intensifying violations of the collective bargaining rights of 7,168 pre-merger Northwest Airlines flight attendants." >>Read Janette's entire letter HERE

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Scope: Protecting Our Work

LATEST NEWS: August 2010 - AFA RLA Lawsuit & Section 1 Information Request and June 28, 2010—Scope Lawsuit Venue Change Request Approved, Case Transferred to DC.

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