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Our Video Was On the Today Show!

Our "In This Together" ad, by CWA District 6 and Local 6001, was in a Today Show story about holiday travel. The ad highlights the issue of passenger assault and calls on travelers to treat us with respect.

Tell the Justice Department to Protect Agents!

Not enough is being done to protect CWA agents who have been on the front lines since the beginning of the ongoing pandemic. The Justice Department needs to act now.

Every Airport Worker Deserves Fair Pay

During a virtual Congressional Roundtable discussion on October 7, CWA Local 3645 President Donielle Prophete (CLT) and CWA Local 3146 President James McKnight (MIA) joined members of other airport workers’ unions to demand baseline federal wage and benefit standards be mandated for any airport that receives federal funding.

Listen to Envoy Agents' Stories of Poverty Wages at AA

Envoy Airlines passenger service employees are currently at the bargaining table negotiating for an end to poverty wages. They're sharing their stories in a new collection of videos.

Passenger Service Agents at American Airlines Subsidiary Take Concerns About Poverty Wages to the National Stage

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2018

Passenger Service Agents at American Airlines Subsidiary Take Concerns About Poverty Wages to the National Stage

New survey of Envoy Air agents reveals widespread reliance on public assistance, extreme measures used to get by like selling plasma. Elected officials call on American to raise pay as agents go directly to passengers and taxpayers with nationwide advertisements, events at social services offices.

Airline workers on food stamps? Union targets American Airlines subsidiary in fight for livable wage

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Envoy Agents

Five days a week, Takisha Gower leaves her Euless home for her 6 a.m. shift as a passenger service agent at DFW International Airport, where she’ll spend the next several hours boarding flights, helping people who’ve missed connections and, occasionally, talking down a customer who’s having a really bad day.

Although the passengers bought their tickets through American Airlines, Gower works for the company’s Envoy Air subsidiary, which operates regional flights for the Fort Worth-based carrier under the American Eagle brand.

Congress Members Urge AA to Pay Agents a Living Wage

Over 80 members of Congress sent a letter to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker on February 8 urging him to “conclude your collective bargaining negotiations and ensure that all of your employees can earn a living wage.”

Marching for a Fair and Equal Contract in Phoenix

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, almost 200 workers joined in solidarity at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, Arizona, to demand a fair contract for all passenger service agents who work for American Airlines under the company’s Piedmont and Envoy subsidiaries.

American Airlines Bonus No Substitute for Fair Wages

While CWA is pleased that American is paying employees a one-time $1,000 bonus, it falls short of the permanent wage increase that working families were promised as part of the Republican corporate tax cut.

Envoy Agents Make Their Voices Heard

Last Wednesday, Envoy Airline agents across the United States marched and spoke out in support of a living wage at Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth and Miami International airports. The agents are currently negotiating their first contract with Envoy.

Envoy Agents Rallying for Fairness and Better Pay

All American workers deserve a living wage. Rally photos from DFW, MIA and ORD airports.