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Cabotage
You've heard of "outsourcing", think
it can't happen to us? READ ON...
Cabotage
would allow foreign air carriers to fly point-to-point within
the United States for the first time in our history. We have
heard a lot in the news media recently about the trend in
corporate America of “outsourcing” U.S. jobs to
countries overseas. This is our version of
“outsourcing”. This is one of the most dangerous
initiatives being promoted by those who don’t care whether
or not American jobs are lost in the process.
The AFA Government Affairs Department has been working
with the AFL-CIO to ensure that American aviation jobs are not
lost, and that safety and salaries are not sacrificed in the
name of corporate profits.
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Top Four (4)
Legislative Priorities for Flight Attendants (From a poll taken of AFA members from
all carriers in April)
1. Preventing further
increases in the amount of health care premiums and
out-of-pocket costs paid by active AFA members.
2.
Getting the government to mandate a certain minimum amount of
rest for fight attendants between trips.
3. High quality,
industry-wide security training for all flight crew
members.
4. Getting Congress to approve Family and
Medical Leave Act coverage for flight attendants as long as they
fly at least 540 hours in a year.
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Cabotage is an issue that has been lingering in Congress
for some time. AFA staved off an attempt during this last
session of Congress, and we continue to monitor this situation.
Presently, Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic is attempting to
start up Virgin America. Branson has a history of undercutting
the competition by paying his flight attendants minimum wage and
providing next to nothing in benefits. He is also purported to
have stated that flight attendants should never consider making
the job a life long profession and should automatically retire
at age 30. He has strong supporters in Congress that would like
to see him enter the U.S. market and undercut our domestic
carriers and American jobs.
AFA Government Affairs is again working with the AFL-CIO
to inform Congress that foreign subsidized carriers, such as
Branson’s Virgin, will hurt the ability of U.S. carriers
to compete. Furthermore, we will not stand for such treatment of
employees who work hard to build an airline and then are not
rewarded for their labor - now or ever.
Please use your democratic right to vote for those who
SUPPORT flight attendants.
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