In This Edition
- Hotel Committee Meeting Recap – 3rd Quarter 2022
- TAKE ACTION: Demand No Stock Buybacks
- Ready to Get Involved? Become a Mobilization Volunteer!
- AFA Alaska Online Support Center Outage
- Shared on Social
- Next Week’s Events
Hotel Committee Meeting Recap – 3rd Quarter 2022
Originally posted August 15, 2022
Our AFA Hotel Committee Chairpersons met on Thursday, August 12 to discuss their ongoing program of work to protect and improve the quality of Flight Attendant hotel accommodations and ground transportation providers. The Committee met with representatives from management and the Company’s crew accommodations vendor to review current trends and concerns related to layover hotels and transportation. More than ever, the Committee needs your help in reporting hotel and transportation concerns through CrewCare. Issues that are reported through CrewCare provide the Committee with important data to drive change with management.
TAKE ACTION: Demand No Stock Buybacks
Originally posted August 18, 2022
COVID relief legislation temporarily prohibited airlines from using stock buybacks that enrich executives and big investors on the backs of workers and consumers. But those prohibitions end on September 30.
Now is not the time to start sending cash to Wall Street when the airlines can’t yet meet public demand or manage effectively through operational challenges. Airline workers have had contract negotiations on hold for years – delaying raises and improving working conditions needed to keep skilled workers on the job and attract new applicants.
We call on all airline CEOs to take the No Stock Buybacks Pledge!
Ready to Get Involved? Become a Mobilization Volunteer!
Originally posted August 18, 2022
Solidarity is the key to our success in upcoming contract negotiations. Keeping others informed and involved in the process is the role of our Mobilization Committee and Mobilization Volunteers. Mobilization Volunteers are responsible for sharing negotiations news and information, gathering feedback, and encouraging other Flight Attendants to take action to support our Negotiating Committee. If you’re interested in getting involved as a Mobilization Volunteer, fill out an expression of interest form today. If you want to know more, get in touch with your Local Mobilization Committee Chairperson.
AFA Alaska Online Support Center Outage
Originally posted August 18, 2022
At around 6 PM Pacific time this evening (Thursday, August 18) the AFA Alaska Online Support Center at support.afaalaska.org went offline due to an issue with our hosting provider. We are currently working to resolve the issue but have been advised that it may take up to 48 hours to restore the system. As long as the system is down, please email your LEC Officers directly if you have an issue to report to AFA.
Shared on Social
Have You Taken Our Negotiations Survey?
Note: these were originally posted earlier in the week and are being shared for historical reference. The survey closed earlier today at 12 PM Pacific time.
Monday, August 15
Our Negotiating Committee needs your feedback! As of today, 32% of Flight Attendants have taken our negotiations survey. The survey is your direct line to our Negotiating Committee to share your thoughts and have your feedback included. Make sure that your voice is heard and take the survey now!
Tuesday, August 16
Our Negotiating Committee needs your feedback! As of today, 42% of Flight Attendants have taken our negotiations survey. Check with your flying partners—has everyone completed the survey yet? If not, share this QR code and encourage them to have their voice heard!
Wednesday, August 17
Our Negotiating Committee needs your feedback! As of today, 48% of Flight Attendants have taken our negotiations survey. Haven’t taken the survey yet because you’re short on time? It’s easy to take the survey…
🚐 On the van
🪑 On a sit
🏨 On your layover
🏡 At home
or almost anywhere in between!
Thursday, August 18
🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Less than 24 hours left to take our negotiations survey! The survey closes tomorrow (Friday, August 19) at 12 PM Pacific time.
Our Negotiating Committee needs your feedback! As of today, 54% of Flight Attendants have taken our negotiations survey. Check in with your flying partners and reach out to your Alaska Flight Attendant friends to make sure they’ve taken the survey! Text, call, email, video chat—get in touch with as many people as you can and ask them to make sure they have their voice heard!
Our Negotiations Survey is Now Closed
Our Negotiations Survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the survey and encouraged your flying partners and Flight Attendant friends to do the same. Our final participation rate for the survey was 62%.
Don’t forget, you can still share your thoughts and feedback with our Negotiating Committee at any time. Send a direct email to negotiations@afaalaska.org or fill out a Negotiations Feedback Form online!
https://contract2022.afaalaska.org/contact/
Next Week’s Events
| Tuesday, August 23 | Monthly Scheduling Committee Meeting |
| Thursday, August 25 | Special MEC Meeting |
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