AFA Alaska MEC Authorizes Strike Vote

Negotiating Committee

• For over a year, we have fought at the bargaining table for a contract that recognizes our value as Flight Attendants at Alaska Airlines.
• It’s time to take the next step in our fight for a new contract. That step is a strike authorization vote.
• Management’s actions have made it abundantly clear that they have the money. It’s time to Pay Us or CHAOS™.

For over a year, we have fought at the bargaining table for a contract that recognizes our value as Flight Attendants at Alaska Airlines. Your Master Executive Council (MEC), in coordination with AFA International, has decided it’s time to take the next step in our fight for a new contract. That step is a strike vote.

The proposed merger with Hawaiian Airlines will not distract or delay our fight for our contract. Now more than ever, we must raise the standard for our careers prior to any merger. We will be strategic and use our leverage in this merger to secure an industry leading agreement. Management’s actions have made it abundantly clear that they have the money.

It’s time to Pay Us or CHAOS™.

Show Your Support on the Picket Line

Today in all six Flight Attendant bases and Washington D.C., we picket to show our solidarity and our resolve. Join one of our pickets or participate in our virtual picket.

Alaska management proposes pay that would leave us lagging the industry and result in making us fall further and further behind in the future. Enough. Management must understand that Alaska Flight Attendants are unified in getting the contract we have earned.

Our negotiations have hit a critical stage. Your solidarity and support is crucial. We remain apart on essential points: max duty day, our right to fly our trips without being rescheduled, fair pay for all hours worked, top of industry pay, and other quality-of-life improvements.

We Will Win the Fight for the Contract We Deserve

We have heard from so many of you that the combination of management disrespect, COVID, passenger rage, and poverty wage rates has made our employment almost unlivable. Instead of recognizing this, management proposes increasing our duty day and expanding 4K flying. The company’s success should be our success – however, it seems they want us to share their costs but not their profits!

With one voice, we will tell management that WE ARE NOT BACKING DOWN. Our Time is Now!

Our pilots voted 99% YES to authorize a strike in 2022. Now, it’s our turn. We encourage you to vote YES for the strike authorization vote. Together, we will win our fight for the contract we deserve.

Our MEC and Negotiating Committee urge you to vote FOR the Strike Authorization and send a united message. We are all in this together and will remain strong.

Voting Information and Timeline

Voting Credentials Will Be Sent	Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Voting Opens	Monday, January 8, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Strike Vote Roadshow	Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Strike Vote Roadshow	Saturday, January 20, 2024
Voting Closes	Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 3 PM ET

Once you cast your vote, you cannot change it. Get informed and your questions answered before voting! Access strike vote FAQs here.

Reach out to our Negotiating Committee or your LEC Officers if you have any questions.

In Solidarity,