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Should CWA Endorse Candidate

CWA is giving serious consideration to endorsing a candidate for President in the 2008 race and is surveying all members as part of the decision-making process. The decision is two-fold: Should CWA endorse a Presidential candidate and, if so, which candidate would the rank and file support?

As we have all learned since the merger, CWA is truly a democratic union and is not beholden to a political party. CWA strongly values the input of rank and file membership as demonstrated in this effort to solicit members' opinions on an endorsement before taking action. This is one of the values that AFA holds dear and that convinced us CWA was a good fit when we were looking for a merger partner.

In a message to all CWA members, CWA Executive Vice President Jeff Rechenbach wrote: "You represent what is best about CWA, America's most democratic, member-driven union. That's why I want your views about CWA's presidential endorsement process. If we endorse a candidate, he or she will have the full weight of CWA's political resources--but we only want to plan a course of action if we have overwhelming support from our members."

AFA-CWA is a vocal, active and integral part of CWA, and I want to be certain that our voices are heard in this process. I strongly encourage each of you to voice your opinion on this extremely important decision and to make sure the members in your local council have the same opportunity.

If you have not yet done so, please take some time to reflect on each of the candidates currently running and research her/his record on labor and flight attendant issues. If you believe a certain candidate should be endorsed, please indicate that candidate in the survey. If you believe that the union should not endorse a candidate at this point in time, please make that clear. The CWA Executive Board will discuss the question of endorsement at their meeting in mid-September so please circulate a request for input as soon as possible. Let's make sure that every AFA-CWA member has the opportunity to weigh in on this decision by the Wednesday, September 12 deadline.

To voice your opinion in CWA's three-question online survey, please follow this link: www.cwa-union.org/endorsesurvey

To complete the survey you will need the following information concerning your LEC's local CWA number.

USA BOS 69 21069
USA CLT 89 23089
USA DCA 41 22041
USA LGA 82 21082
USA PHL 70 28070
USA PIT 40 28040

We look forward to hearing from all of you.

Thank you,

Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA

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