Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) is the world's largest labor union organized by flight attendants for flight attendants. AFA represents nearly 60,000 flight attendants at 19 airlines, serving as a voice for flight attendants at their workplace, in the industry, in the media and on Capitol Hill. Simply put, the goal of flight attendants who become part of AFA-CWA is to negotiate better pay, benefits, working conditions and work rules at their airline, and to improve their safety on the job. AFA-CWA negotiates the best flight attendant contracts in the industry, maintaining and improving wages, benefits and working conditions for flight attendants. AFA-CWA has strength in numbers and a professional staff to assist flight attendants with workplace, career and interpersonal concerns. AFA-CWA is a democratic union representing flight attendants at every type of carrier. All AFA-CWA officers are flight attendants who solicit member input on policy and financial decisions. AFA-CWA is the only flight attendant union that solely represents flight attendants' concerns within the AFL-CIO, the 13-million-member American labor federation. AFA-CWA shares information and strategies, working in solidarity with flight attendant unions around the world through the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF).www.afacwa.org
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Sep 14, 2026
Greg ReganGUEST
And that applies to, in this case of secondary barriers, that applies to any new aircraft as well as the ones that are currently flying that were there before the requirements.
Rick SmithHOST
I saw our mutual friend, Sarah Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants.
Rick SmithHOST
She she said the other day that workers gave back something like eighty one billion dollars in the wake of 9-11 and then took on the cost of health care, destroyed retiree health care, destroyed pensions.
Rick SmithHOST
I think the airline industry used 9-11 pretty well to redistribute wealth back to themselves away from workers.
Ken EdwardsHOST
It dovetails into, and this is sort of when we started the show, what's going on at Delta Airlines right now.
Ken EdwardsHOST
Delta Airlines, for the umpteenth time, The AFA, American Flight, what is it, Association of Flight Attendants, which is part of CWA now.
Ken EdwardsHOST
And they have 50 plus thousand members.
Ken EdwardsHOST
Yeah, they're a pretty strong union.
Chet WalsikNARRATOR
We would do trivia and give away a bottle of champagne.
Chet WalsikNARRATOR
We used to cut roast in the aisle in first class, said Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants.
Chet WalsikNARRATOR
After the attacks, the industry faced a downturn and focused on revenue.
Chet WalsikNARRATOR
We work longer days.
Chet WalzikNARRATOR
We would do trivia and give away a bottle of champagne.
Chet WalzikNARRATOR
We used to cut roast in the aisle in first class, said Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants.
Chet WalzikNARRATOR
After the attacks, the industry faced a downturn and focused on revenue.
Chet WalzikNARRATOR
We work longer days.
Amy GoodmanHOST
After the 9/11 attacks, she founded FDNY EMS Retirees Association, has since founded and is president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Association.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Sara Nelson is the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's now serving her fourth term in that role.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
14 MINS LATER
Amy GoodmanHOST
[gentle music] Combing the ruins.
Amy GoodmanHOST
This is Democracy Now, democracynow.org. I'm Amy Goodman with Juan Gonzalez.
Amy GoodmanHOST
As we continue our round table on 9/11 health on this 25th anniversary week of the 9/11 attacks, we go now to Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO, now serving her firth- tw- fourth term as president.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
Amy GoodmanHOST
After the 9/11 attacks, she founded FDNY-EMS Retirees Association, has since founded and is president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Association.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Sara Nelson is the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's now serving her fourth term in that role.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
14 MINS LATER
Amy GoodmanHOST
[gentle music] Combing the ruins.
Amy GoodmanHOST
This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I'm Amy Goodman, with Juan Gonzalez.
Amy GoodmanHOST
As we continue our round table on 9/11 health, on this 25th anniversary week of the 9/11 attacks, we go now to Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Now serving her firth to- fourth term as president, she's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
Don LemonHOST
On your screen in just moments, right about now, is Sarah Nelson.
Don LemonHOST
She is the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants.
Don LemonHOST
She's a United Airlines flight attendant since 1996.
Don LemonHOST
Man, we have...
Amy GoodmanHOST
After the 9/11 attacks, she founded FDNY EMS Retirees Association, has since founded and is president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Association.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Sara Nelson is the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's now serving her fourth term in that role.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
14 MINS LATER
Amy GoodmanHOST
[gentle music] Combing the ruins.
Amy GoodmanHOST
This is Democracy Now, democracynow.org. I'm Amy Goodman with Juan Gonzalez.
Amy GoodmanHOST
As we continue our round table on 9/11 health on this 25th anniversary week of the 9/11 attacks, we go now to Sara Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO, now serving her firth two- fourth term as president.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
Amy GoodmanHOST
After the 9-11 attack, she founded FDNY EMS Retirees Association, has since founded and is president of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees Association.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Sarah Nelson is the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA AFL-CIO.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's now serving her fourth term in that role.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines, and were joined by Captain Brenda Berkman, a retired pilot.
14 MINS LATER
Amy GoodmanHOST
So ¦ ¦ ¦ Combing the ruins.
Amy GoodmanHOST
This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I'm Amy Goodman with Juan González.
Amy GoodmanHOST
As we continue our roundtable on 9-11 health on this 25th anniversary week of the 9-11 attacks, We go now to Sarah Nelson, the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, AFL-CIO, now serving her fourth term as president.
Amy GoodmanHOST
She's been a union flight attendant since she was hired by United Airlines in 1996, now representing 55,000 aviation first responders from 20 airlines.
Rob MarkHOST
Southwest pilots belong to the Southwest Pilots Association, while the Allied Pilots Association remains the bargaining agent for American Airlines pilots.
Rob MarkHOST
Most flight attendants are members of the Association of Flight Attendants, the Transport Workers Union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, or the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Rob MarkHOST
Aircraft mechanics are represented by some of the same unions as the flight attendants, in addition to the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
Rob MarkHOST
The gap between CEO pay and that of their average employee has expanded astronomically from the early days of labor.
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