Organizing Update

Cathay Pacific Airways U.S.-based Cabin Crew

AFA-CWA, on behalf of Cathay Pacific Airways U.S.-based Cabin Crew, filed on Monday for a union representation election. Cathay Cabin Crew demonstrated overwhelming support for AFA with signed authorization cards asking for an election. Now they eagerly await the National Mediation Board (NMB) to call for an election.

"We are excited for Cathay U.S.-based Cabin Crew to join with us to raise the standards for all Flight Attendants. Their Cathay Cabin Crew counterparts in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and Canada all have contracts with higher pay, benefits and job security. It's past time for these hard-working American-based Flight Attendants to have a contract too. Together we will work to deny multi-national corporations from undervaluing our work. This election is about equality and fairness. It matters to Flight Attendants in the U.S. and Cabin Crew serving as aviation's first responders around the world that these Flight Attendants have a strong voice at work," said Sara Nelson, AFA-CWA International President.

Cathay Pacific employs approximately 450 cabin crew in the U.S. with bases in SFO, LAX, and JFK.