Association of Flight Attendants

Association Of Flight Attendants

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of January 2011, AFA represents 42,000 flight attendants at 21 airlines, making it the world's largest flight attendant union. The International President of AFA currently is Veda Shook, an Alaska Airlines flight attendant since 1991. Veda Shook is a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, a Vice President on the CWA Executive Board, Vice Chair of the Cabin Crew Committee for the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation), and serves on the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Labor Advisory Board. Since 2004 AFA has been part of the 700,000 member Communications Workers of America, an affiliate of the 9 million member AFL-CIO. AFA is also an affiliate of the 5 million member International Transport Workers' Federation.

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