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For Immediate Release: June 28, 2012
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586
Horizon Air Flight Attendants Take A Stand For
Contract Improvements
Washington, DC – Flight Attendants at Horizon Air, represented
by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), today turned
down a tentative agreement with management. Their vote makes
clear that the more than 500 Horizon Air Flight Attendants
expect more for their contributions to the airline.
“Horizon Air Flight Attendants have sent a loud and clear
message that management’s offer is inadequate to address our
needs. Horizon Flight Attendants are focused on our future, and
it is time for management to move forward on a new, improved
contract,” said Leslie Miller, acting AFA Horizon President.
“For an agreement to be ratified, it must meet the priorities
set by Horizon Air Flight Attendants.”
AFA will take immediate action to survey the Flight Attendants
to determine their top priorities. The parties will then resume
negotiations. Horizon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska Air
Group, offers service to 40 destinations in the United States,
Canada and Mexico.The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for over 65 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants at 21 airlines come
together to form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong
Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org .
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