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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

COMMITTEE

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    This Committee informs AFA-CWA Members about legislative action that could affect Flight Attendants’ safety, income, working conditions, and job security. The Chairperson coordinates Membership communication and implementation of AFA-CWA’s legislative program, including developing and coordinating voter registration drives for Flight Attendants. This committee also promotes voluntary contributions to FlightPAC/CWA Cope to help elect representatives who support Flight Attendant issues.

Who do I contact?

For assistance, please contact Bruni Agosto-Pinal

Email Address: government.affairs@afahawaiian.org

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Master Executive Council
Chairperson

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Bruni Agosto-Pinal

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Master Executive Council
Committee Member

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Seat Vacant

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Your Vote Is Your Voice!

Posted: October 31, 2024

There is much at stake and on the ballot this November ranging from federal to state to local positions and issues. Naturally, as individuals, we have different needs and priorities for ourselves and our families, however, there is one priority we all share in common, our beloved and heavily regulated careers in aviation. Did you know that the President appoints leaders to the DOT, FAA and National Mediation Board (NMB) which impacts us directly? The success of the Payroll [...]

Government Affairs August Newsletter

Posted: August 26, 2024

The last several weeks have been busy in the political world and here at Hawaiian as well, naturally causing a fluctuation of feelings and thoughts overall within each of us. Thankfully, among all the uncertainty surrounding us we know we can count on each other as we navigate any changes to come [...]

Tell Congress To Stand-Up For Our Rights

Posted: April 17, 2024

Over 100,000 Flight Attendants have been in drawn-out negotiations across the industry. Without the credible threat of a strike, management across our industry is perfectly happy to prolong negotiations for years and delay paying for the improvements we have earned. We’ve been out on the picket [...]

Register To Vote!

Posted: February 17, 2024

With Primary and General elections coming soon, we want to remind you to keep your voter registration updated!! If you live in CA,HI, OR, or WA, these states will have absentee/mail-in ballots for the upcoming elections. Below we have added links to the states most of us reside in. If you have changed your address or name since the last election please be sure to update that information. It is important to the future of our lives as FlightsAttendants that everyone be registered to vote and to actually VOTE. [...]

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FlightPAC Drive, CWA-COPE & Passage Of The FAA Reauthorization Bill

Posted: November 30, 2023

We look forward to seeing our HNL members on December 3rd and 4th in our HNL CRO and our LAX members on December 9th at the membership meeting for our FlightPAC Drive. We want to take this opportunity to reach out again to familiarize everyone on what we do as your Government Affairs Committee and the importance of contributing to FlightPAC. Established over 30 Years ago, the Government Affairs Department which includes all local MEC committees at AFA has become a crucial component of AFA. [...]

What does a “Government Shutdown” mean to Flight Attendants?

Posted: October 09, 2023

Dear Flying Partners, As the House is trying to get their leadership in order, no legislative action can be moved forward without a Speaker of the House. Time is ticking to the November 17th deadline to fund the US Government. How would a shutdown affect us as Flight Attendants? • All essential workers, TSA, ATC, Federal police, Customs and Border Protection Agents and US Military would be required to work without pay. • Expect long wait times at TSA screening [...]

Our Government Affairs & Legislative Affairs Committees (14 Pages)

Posted: April 22, 2023

Many of you may already know that a lot of the specialized work done by our Union is actually carried out by the dedicated volunteers who give their time and energy to represent those interests that impact each and every one of us. There are more than a dozen MEC Committees presently [...]

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Power Up - Join The PAC

Posted: October 11, 2022

What we do - Payroll Support Program 3 times, stopped bankruptcies & concessions. FA Certification & FAA Minimum Staffing. OSHA Protections. Family Medical Leave For Flight Attendants (FMLA). No Knives on Planes. KCM Access for Flight Attendants and so much more [...]

AFA, Capitol Hill, FlightPAC & COPE

Posted: September 21, 2022

Among AFA-CWA’s most important responsibilities is the advancement of issues important to flight attendants on Capitol Hill. The aviation industry is highly regulated and what happens in the halls of government directly impacts our work environment. Your Government Affairs Department is your voice on Capitol Hill. The relationships that have been cultivated with Congress enable our Union to promote our agenda [...]

Voter Registration For The General Election November 8, 2022

Posted: August 23, 2022

I know many of you have transferred domiciles in the past few months. It’s important that you register to vote in your address either Hawaii or California. If you live in CA, HI, OR, NV, or WA, these states will have absentee/Mail-in Ballots for the upcoming election. Below we have added links to the states most of us reside in. If you have changed your address or name since the last election, it is important to the future of our [...]

Voter Registration - Rock The Vote!

Posted: July 23, 2022

With your support as the driving force, we can reach, educate, and mobilize the 16 million young people who've come of voting age since 2020. We need your help to organize and turn out these millions of new voters! Your contribution will directly support Rock the Vote's tried-and-true voter registration, education, and mobilization programs, proven to turn out young voters at 30 points higher [...]

10-Hour Rest Rule, Pump Act For Nursing Mothers, Voter Registration, Cabin Air Safety Act, Mandatory Self Defense Training for Flight Crews And FlightPAC

Posted: February 01, 2022

We want to share some current and upcoming legislation that has an impact on us as Flight Attendants coming up in 2022. 10-Hour Rest Rule We hope to see movement on the 10 Rest as soon as February, however, we don’t have a date for implementation. Just to make it clear to everyone, our 10-hr rest period will start [...]

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AFA FlightPAC - Building Our Future

Posted: June 18, 2021

AFA-CWA FlightPAC was established in 1982 to maintain our influence in the legislative arena; it is essential to support political programs which complement our legislative activity. FlightPAC, part of CWA’s Political Action Fund complies with campaign finance laws and our union dues [...]

Please Welcome Bruni Agosto-Pinal!

Posted: April 10, 2021

Please join me in welcoming Bruni Agosto to the MEC Government Affairs Committee. Bruni gave much of her time working this past year as an activist for the PSP. We owe Bruni and the many other activist and members for all their contributions making calls, emails, and phone banking. With all our hard work and determination we successfully got bipartisan support in passing the PSP [...]

President Biden To Sign The American Rescue Plan

Posted: March 11, 2021

Today President Biden will sign the American Rescue Plan (ARP) extending the PSP. I hope you all have read the latest update from our MEC and CEO Peter Ingram on the specifics of the passage of the PSP extension through September 30, 2021 I want to congratulate and thank each and every one of you for your hard work, calls, emails, and tweets to our congressional representatives in the House and [...]

Tell Congress To Finish The Job!

Posted: February 09, 2021

Simultaneously as Warn letters are being issued, Congress is working on a new Covid Relief Package (American Rescue Plan) which includes an extension of the Payroll Support Program through September 2021. We need your action by calling and writing our Representatives and Senators to ensure we stay connected to our jobs, healthcare, and paychecks. We are fortunate to have our Hawai’i [...]

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You Did It! We Did It!

Posted: December 22, 2020

I want to thank each of you, activists and members. Your calls to our Hawaii legislators early on was successful in gaining their support for a relief bill and extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP). Thank you to commuters for making calls to your state legislators. WE DID IT TOGETHER! The bill passed [...]

Act Now!

Posted: October 19, 2020

We need urgent action in the next 48 Hours! Speaker Pelosi has set a deadline. Real people need action and relief today. We can’t wait for an election or a new Congress to get it done. #ReliefNOW #ExtendPSP #Saveourwings #EveryDayCounts All members residing in Hawai’i, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington, Please call your Senators and House Members [...]

Your Voice Is Your Vote

Posted: October 15, 2020

On November 3, our country will place the process of democracy on the world stage. In several states, ballots for the General Election are already being cast in what is no doubt the most important election of our lifetimes. It’s up to all of us to ensure our votes are cast and counted. This election brings unprecedented challenges as we vote amid a global pandemic [...]

Standalone Legislation For The PSP Clean Extension

Posted: September 24, 2020

The House and Senate have introduced stand alone legislation for a Payroll Support Program clean extension. It is still our hope for a complete covid relief bill to help all Americans. But we need to keep calling and tweeting both the House and Senate. The link below makes it easy to tweet [...]

Increase Our #ReliefNOW Campaign

Posted: September 22, 2020

They say it is always darkest before the dawn. The passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday is a great loss. The partisan rhetoric in DC is going to make it more difficult to get our message of urgency to pass a COVID relief bill. So we need to increase our #ReliefNOW campaign. Please keep sending us your #saveourwings photos. Tweet them or we can Tweet them for you. Post them on Social Media [...]

Now To Focus On "HUBDIALER"

Posted: July 28, 2020

It is just amazing the great work you have all done. Hawaii members have by far exceeded any expectations I imagined. So again, thank you and congratulations on a job well done! I just got off the phone with Stephen Schembs, our AFA-CWA Government Affairs Director. We in Hawaii achieved in the first week with all your calls, the support of House Members Case and Gabbard, and Senators Schatz [...]

CARES Act & Payroll Support Program

Posted: June 8, 2020

If you live in CA, HI, NV, OR, or WA, these states will have absentee/Mail-in Ballots for the upcoming elections. Below I have added links to the states many of us reside in. If you have changed your address or name since the last election, it is important to the future of our lives as Flights Attendants that everyone be registered to vote. It isn’t about who you vote for but that you vote [...]

Voter Registration & FlightPAC 

Posted: June 3, 2020

If you live in CA, HI, NV, OR, or WA, these states will have absentee/Mail-in Ballots for the upcoming elections. Below I have added links to the states many of us reside in. If you have changed your address or name since the last election, it is important to the future of our lives as Flights Attendants that everyone be registered to vote. It isn’t about who you vote for but that you vote [...]

Clarification Of Hawaiian Airlines Wanting A Carve-Out For The 10-Hour Rest 

Posted: May 6, 2020

As your MEC Government Affairs Chairperson, I want to make some clarifications as to the recent email from HNL flight attendant Martin Gusman regarding the 10-hour rest rule which has yet to be implemented and is about our safety and the safety of our passengers. AFA has been working on the 10-hour rest rule since before the pilots got their FAA mandated 10-hour rest. [...]

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