Strike Authorization Vote
We Are Ready
On July 17th , your Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, comprised of Union Leadership from all ten of American’s Flight Attendant bases, unanimously authorized the APFA Negotiating Committee to conduct a strike authorization vote. APFA National President, Julie Hedrick, explaining what is at stake and why we are taking this important step.
APFA Base Presidents urge the membership to vote Yes for strike authorization. Join your local base leadership by sending a strong message that we demand an industry-leading contract. We Are Ready!
What's a Strike Authorization Vote?
This week, your Board of Directors unanimously authorized your APFA Negotiating Committee to conduct a strike authorization vote. What is a strike authorization vote? Kelly Hagan, ORD-based Flight Attendant and Member of your Negotiating Committee, explains what a Strike Authorization Vote is.
How to Show Your Support
Timothy Legeros, Miami-based Negotiating Committee Member, talks about how to show support for a contract that reflects our value to American Airlines. It is imperative that all Flight Attendants stay informed and engaged in the negotiating process.
You MUST be Dues Current
to Vote
APFA National Treasurer Erik Harris discusses the importance of becoming dues current and a new option to make a payment arrangement.
Membership Information Update:
To update your email address in realtime, click here. To update your contact information, including phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses, please visit apfa.org or contact the Membership Department at [email protected]. Accurate information allows us to promptly communicate important updates, meeting notices, and voting instructions.
Dues Payment/ Setting Up a Payment Arrangement:
To clear any outstanding dues, please visit the ‘My Account’ Section of the APFA website to pay online, or contact the Dues Department at [email protected]. They will provide guidance on the payment options available, including the new payment arrangement option that your APFA Board of Directors created last month to help those with large arrears balances get back into good standing.
Read More About Voting Eligibility and Dues Payment Plan Arrangements
FAQs
Strike Authorization Vote Information
A SAV allows the Flight Attendants to show their solidarity and readiness to use all legal means under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) to secure the contract that we have rightfully earned.
Strike authorization votes show management that Flight Attendants are willing to go the distance to secure contractual improvements, up to and including exercising self-help as outlined by the Railway Labor Act. A strong ‘YES’ vote compels management to address the proposals remaining on the table.
The following steps would have to be exhausted before a strike could occur:
1. We will continue to meet with our mediators on our scheduled dates if progress is being made at the bargaining table.
2. If we stop making progress, APFA would then request the NMB to “release” the negotiations to a 30-day cooling-off period, followed by self-help (strike). The NMB has discretion to decide to grant the release or continue further mediation efforts.
3. If the NMB released us into a 30-day cooling-off period, negotiations would continue. If no agreement is reached by the end of the cooling-off period, and assuming no intervention by the President of the United States or Congress, we would then be free to strike or employ other self-help tactics to put economic pressure on management to reach an agreement. Management would have a similar right to engage in self-help tactics – like a lockout or imposed work rules – to pressure the Flight Attendants to reach an agreement.
A strike, otherwise known as ‘self-help’, can take on many forms. A traditional strike includes all workers walking off the job, however intermittent strikes targeting certain flights provide management with less certainty and have proven more effective.
Voting and Logging In
Login to the APFA website then go to APFA.org/strike
Your vote is completely confidential. Neither APFA nor the election vendor will be able to access how you voted.
No. Once you vote, your vote is final and may not be changed.
Login issues and Password resets between the hours of 9:00 am CT- 5:00 pm CT:
- Use the chat feature on the landing page of the APFA website, or
- Call or text 806-4STRIKE (806-478-7453) for real time assistance.
Login and Password resets after hours:
- Email [email protected] with your employee ID and full name with a request to reset.
Dues and Eligibility
Go to APFA.org to review your balance. To log in, select 'Log In' from the right corner.
Once logged in you will be taken back to the last page you were on. Select 'My Account’ in the top right corner. Your balance and arrears balance will be shown on the right, below the language selection drop-down field. If you do not have an email address on file, contact the APFA Membership Department at 817-540-0108.
Balance updates automatically and Eligibility updates at 9am, 12pm and 5pm CT
Yes. However, it depends on if you have a balance and how that balance was accrued.
Last month, your APFA Board of Directors passed policy implementing a payment arrangement program for members with balances over $82 (two months of dues). Payment arrangements are available to members of APFA only who have paid their initiation fee or re-join fee paid in full and have signed a membership card. Agency Fee Payers and Ellis Objectors are not eligible for payment arrangements.
Payment arrangements must be executed and first payment made by 5pm CT Sunday, July 30, 2023 in order to be considered in good standing.
Yes, however, if you have accrued a balance while on your current leave, that amount accrued will need to be paid in full in order to vote.
Please contact APFA Dues department at 817-540-0108 or [email protected].
Payment plan initiated and first payment received must be completed by July30th 5pm CT
As long as you are a Member in good standing, you are eligible to vote while on probation. In the event of an actual strike, Flight Attendants on probation have the same legal rights as everyone else and the full protection of the union.
Lanyards, Pins, and More
After FA votes they can get WAR pins from CAT team in the airports
Negotiations Hotlines
11.27.23 – Negotiations Update #40: Solidarity And Speaking With One Voice
As we move forward with our fight for the contract we deserve at American Airlines, we will face many challenges and opportunities. One thing is clear: by a 99.47% strike vote, we demonstrated to management that we are united in seeking a fair contract
Continue Reading11.20.23 – Negotiations Update #40: Mediation Release Request, Next Steps and Frequently Asked Questions
Julie Hedrick, the APFA National President sent a letter to the National Mediation Board on Monday, November 20 requesting a release into a thirty day cooling off period.
Continue Reading11.20.23 – Negotiations Update #39: APFA Requests Release from the National Mediation Board
This morning, APFA National President Julie Hedrick sent a letter to the members of the National Mediation Board (NMB) requesting that APFA and the Company be released into a thirty-day cooling-off period.
Continue Reading11.17.23 – Negotiations Update #38: An Update on This Week’s Bargaining
Your APFA Negotiating Committee met this week with the Company in federal mediation with the National Mediation Board (NMB). As we indicated in our previous hotline, we have set this week as a deadline for the Company to make significant movement toward reaching an agreement.
Continue Reading11.15.23 – Keep the Pressure On! Join a Picket Line Tomorrow, November 16th!
Management has gifted themselves handsome bonuses and incentives for company performance, while we continue to work without pay raises since 2019, under pay rates negotiated in 2014. Management must respond meaningfully at the bargaining table this week, or we are prepared to move the process forward.
Continue Reading11.03.23 – Reminder: Systemwide Picketing: Thursday, November 16, 2023!
We are fully prepared to reach an agreement with management, but we are willing to do what it takes to push this bargaining forward, including requesting a release for a strike.
Continue Reading10.24.23 – Negotiations Update #37: APFA BOD To Convene To Approve A Request For Release
Company negotiators showed up to our last bargaining session in Dallas/Ft Worth with no responses to our comprehensive economic and non-economic packages. In fact, they had no proposals for us.
Continue Reading10.11.23 – Negotiations Update #36- APFA’s Economic Counterproposal
At our bargaining session at the end of September, we presented management with comprehensive proposals on all remaining non-economic and economic issues. As we have previously reported, we are at the stage of negotiations where we are working to narrow the issues…
Continue ReadingAs we move forward with our fight for the contract we deserve at American Airlines, we will face many challenges and opportunities. One thing is clear: by a 99.47% strike vote, we demonstrated to management that we are united in seeking a fair contract
Continue ReadingJulie Hedrick, the APFA National President sent a letter to the National Mediation Board on Monday, November 20 requesting a release into a thirty day cooling off period.
Continue ReadingThis morning, APFA National President Julie Hedrick sent a letter to the members of the National Mediation Board (NMB) requesting that APFA and the Company be released into a thirty-day cooling-off period.
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Contract & Scheduling Desk
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Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
M-F: 3:00PM - 11:00 PM (CT)
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APFA Headquarters
1004 West Euless Boulevard
Euless, Texas 76040
M-F: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
Contract & Scheduling Desk
M-F: 7:00AM - 7:00PM (CT)
Phone: (817) 540-0108
After-Hours Live Chat
M-F: 3:00PM - 11:00 PM (CT)
Sat-Sun: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (CT)