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    You are here: Home / Latest News / Resolution of Appreciation and Recognition for AFA-CWA International President Veda Shook

    Resolution of Appreciation and Recognition for AFA-CWA International President Veda Shook

    May 6, 2014 21:19

    Dear Flight Attendants,

     

    Our fellow Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Veda Shook will soon conclude her term as International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. As our International President Veda has made numerous invaluable contributions to our union.

     

    Your Master Executive Council (MEC) officers put forward a floor resolution to the AFA Board of Directors (BOD) in recognition of Veda’s service. The resolution, which was adopted unanimously by the BOD, is as follows:

     

     

     

    Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, AFL-CIO

    Forty Second Board of Directors Meeting

    April 28-30, 2014

    Orlando, FL

     

    Floor Resolution: Appreciation and Recognition for AFA-CWA International President Veda Shook

     

    WHEREAS Veda Shook has tirelessly advocated for Flight Attendants at all levels of our union, and

     

    WHEREAS we recognize Veda’s many contributions to our union in her many leadership roles, and

     

    WHEREAS Veda has served her term as the voice for Flight Attendants on the job, in the workplace and on Capitol Hill, and

     

    THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED we stand in unity with Veda at the completion of the Forty Second (42nd) AFA-CWA Board of Directors meeting, and

     

    THEREFORE BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED we thank Veda for her unwavering dedication as AFA-CWA International President.

     

     

    Adopted unanimously by the Board of Directors on April 30, 2014

     

     

     

    In solidarity,

     

     

    Your MEC — Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn and Council 18 LAX/SAN Vice President Kelly Johnson (proxy for Sandra Morrow)

     

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