Envoy Air Flight Attendants to Vote on Mid-Term Improvements

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Envoy Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), today announced a tentative agreement on negotiated mid-term improvements with Envoy Air management. The deal would cover over 1200 Envoy Flight Attendants.

"The Negotiating Committee leveraged Envoy Flight Attendant's collective voice as we pushed management to achieve gains and improve our current bankruptcy contract. The mid-term improvements raise the bar for pay and per diem for Flight Attendants in the regional industry," said Robert Barrow, AFA President at Envoy Air.

Next, the agreement will be sent to the membership for ratification and further details will be released.

The Association of Flight Attendants is the world's largest Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight Attendant profession for 70 years. Serving as the voice for Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants come together to form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at www.afacwa.org.

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SOURCE Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA)