Worker Power Update

CWA Promotes Pro-Worker Legislation at Congressional Briefing

A legislative briefing, hosted by the Congressional Labor Caucus for members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their staff, included testimony from James McKnight, President of CWA Local 3140 in Miami, Fla. The briefing highlighted HR 8105, the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act. “If CWA agents received better wages, I believe that the airline could recruit more employees, retain skilled workers, relieve the pressure and stress of our overworked agents, and allow workers to provide for themselves from one, full-time wage,” read McKnight’s statement. “I join my colleagues at SEIU and UNITE HERE, as well as our allies in Congress, to pass the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, to establish wage and benefit minimums so that our essential frontline aviation workforce remains strong, protected, and respected,” the statement added.

In addition to McKnight’s statement, the briefing featured remarks from other airport service workers, labor leaders, and a subject matter expert on why this bill is essential to stabilizing our aviation system. The bill establishes a floor for wage and benefit standards for certain covered airport service workers while ensuring public money serves the public good. CWA represents more than 20,000 passenger service agents who work for American Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Envoy Air and Piedmont Airlines.

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CWAers Across the Country Continue to Mobilize for the Midterm Elections

The midterm elections are less than three weeks away. CWA members across the country are ramping up their mobilization to ensure that our endorsed pro-worker candidates win office.

Last week, activists from across the country joined CWA's first National Night of Action by participating in a virtual phone bank to help get out the vote for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Ellison has a long history of supporting workers in Congress and, as Minnesota Attorney General, he fought to save CWA members' jobs at Frontier and made the company invest at least $10 million over four years to improve its broadband network.

Collectively, the volunteers were able to dial almost 8,500 households and identify over 200 supporters for Ellison.

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In North Carolina, activists were out door knocking for our CWA-endorsed candidates.

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In Arizona, CWA activists met with Kris Mayes, candidate for Attorney General, and Adrian Fontes, candidate for Secretary of State, then participated in a member to member phone bank.

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In Michigan, CWA activists met with Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee, who is running for reelection.

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In Florida, CWA activists continue to build support for CWA-endorsed candidates by door knocking and phone banking.

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In California, CWAers did a “Twin Day” phone bank and got out the vote for CWA-endorsed California Congressional candidates, as well as Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto.

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In Georgia, AFA-CWA activists joined a labor walk for Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

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In Alaska, AFA-CWA members hosted a hybrid (in person and virtual) phone bank at the state AFL-CIO in Anchorage to build support for CWA-endorsed candidate Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola’s campaign for Congress.

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For more information about these races or to sign up for virtual actions this midterm cycle, click here.