Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify New Contract

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Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Dec 17, 2014, 01:11 ET

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, voted to accept a tentative contract agreement on Wednesday that offers significant improvements for the 3,400 Flight Attendants at Alaska. Assistance was provided through mediation by the National Mediation Board.

"Today, Alaska Flight Attendants made a collective decision that will carry us through the next five years," said Jeffrey Peterson, AFA president at Alaska Airlines. "We are dedicated to advancing the Flight Attendant career for ourselves and future Flight Attendants to come."

The new five-year agreement includes some of the top pay in the industry, built-in protections for reining in health care costs, improved job protections and work rules.

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 67 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 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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SOURCE Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO