US-based Cathay Pacific flight attendants join AFA-CWA union
US-based flight attendants for Cathay Pacific voted Jan 26 to approve union representation by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA). According to the AFA-CWA, Cathay Pacific employs 450 cabin crew in the US with personnel based at San Francisco International, Los Angeles International and New York JFK. The airline operates daily flights to Hong Kong from LAX, SFO, JFK, Boston Logan (BOS) and Chicago O’Hare (ORD). AFA international president Sara Nelson indicated the union will work to raise US-based cabin crew’s pay, benefits and job security to the levels of “their Cathay cabin crew counterparts in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Canada.” Cathay Pacific could not immediately be reached for comment. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2017-01-27/oneworld/us-based-cathay-pacific-flight-attendants-join-afa-cwa-union
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US-based Cathay Pacific flight attendants join AFA-CWA union
US-based flight attendants for Cathay Pacific voted Jan 26 to approve union representation by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA). According to the AFA-CWA, Cathay Pacific employs 450 cabin crew in the US with personnel based at San Francisco International, Los Angeles International and New York JFK. The airline operates daily flights to Hong Kong from LAX, SFO, JFK, Boston Logan (BOS) and Chicago O’Hare (ORD). AFA international president Sara Nelson indicated the union will work to raise US-based cabin crew’s pay, benefits and job security to the levels of “their Cathay cabin crew counterparts in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Canada.” Cathay Pacific could not immediately be reached for comment. <br/>
