It’s our time to be heard…
Why Remove the AFA?
We want to create a true “One Crew” culture at Avelo. Direct dialogue with the company beats third-party representation.
Avelo gave us more concrete improvements in the 10 months proceeding the union than AFA has given us in two years!
Before the Union vote, we were able to directly negotiate with Avelo leading to higher wages, holiday pay, and increased premium pay - without any complicated negotiating processes or union dues.
The AFA can only guarantee us Union dues and years of contract negotiations.
As we have witnessed negotiating a union contract is a long and complicated process. Two years have already passed and there has barely been progress. We are still YEARS away from finalizing our first contract.
It took Allegiant seven years to negotiate their first contract and three and a half for JetBlue. Not to mention many years of renegotiations after a sub-par first contract. This is time we do not have.
We know what we need. The AFA does not.
The only thing the AFA has managed to do is create divisions in our Flight Attendant workgroup. They fought tooth and nail to limit the original election to a small number of FAs - less than twenty were able to vote. Avelo now has more than 200 FAs - with many more coming. All of our voices should be heard.
A year from now, if you feel like Avelo has not implemented the changes that we deserve we can hold another vote.
A vote that will make sure we are all heard - not just ten of us!