Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson is now urging President Trump to throw Spirit Airlines a lifeline, a remarkable turn for one of organized labor’s most prominent progressive voices. Her appeal doubles as an argument that the Biden administration’s antitrust decision helped push Spirit to the brink, even as the bailout now being discussed appears to have no real basis in law.
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‘This Is Union Activity’: Sara Nelson Takes Credit For Flight Attendants Crashing United’s Business Class Launch
Nelson is clearly incorrect in her claim that the union protest was ‘protected,’ and put her members in jeopardy. Airline employees do not have an open-ended right to storm a private corporate event.
Five Years Without a Raise: How Sara Nelson Failed Flight Attendants
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson was the guest on the Airlines Confidential podcast this week. She shared the story of getting involved in union activism after 9/11 and said that “the biggest complaint I heard from flight attendants was ‘I didn’t feel seen, I didn’t feel respected’” and said that people didn’t realize that there were unions then. By her own standard then, she’s failed her members.
$54 Billion Heist: Two Airline Insiders Picked Taxpayer Pockets—And Share How They Got Away With It
This week’s guest on the Airlines Confidential podcast was flight attendants union head Sara Nelson. Since retirement, Doug Parker has been taking victory laps with her over their ability to work together to secure three rounds of massive subsidies during the pandemic.
Sara Nelson: Unionizing Delta ‘Months Away’ Then She’s Going After Regional Airline Pay
Sara Nelson, who heads the AFA-CWA union which represents over 55,000 flight attendants across various airlines, said that the effort to unionize cabin crew at Delta “maybe” could come “in a few months.” Speaking at the Skift Aviation Forum she made a number of interesting claims.
Doug Parker’s $54 Billion Heist: Ex-American Airlines CEO Takes Victory Lap After Destroying U.S. Commercial Aviation
For Parker and American, this was the heist of a lifetime. He spent all his time in D.C. lobbying and Nelson played a key role. Without Nelson’s cover with the narrative about workers, and bringing along Democratic leadership, it would never have worked. Together, they robbed the American people of $54 billion in direct cash, $25 billion in subsidized loans, plus money for airline contractors and tax subsidies as well.
Sara Nelson Targets Delta’s Game-Changing Flight Attendant Pay: Promises More For A 2% Cut
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson has some interesting things to say about bargaining at United and efforts to unionize Delta – though what’s going on at American could play into her hands nicely.
Flight Attendants Union Head Sara Nelson’s Latest Defeat: AFA-CWA Reforms Shot Down, Insiders Retain Control
Sara Nelson’s flight attendants union AFA-CWA doesn’t allow crewmembers to directly elect its Master Executive Council officers and international officers.
Ms. Nelson took the issue to its annual board of directors meeting late last month. She lost on voice votes. She said this was “about putting power in each individual member’s hands.” Instead, union power will remain in the hands of insiders.
Flight Attendants Union President Sara Nelson Comes Out For Pro-Hamas Protestors
Sara Nelson, president of the largest flight attendants union (which represents cabin crew at United Airlines, among others, and is trying to organize at Delta) has came out for pro-Hamas protestors on Friday.
From Pregnancy To Pilot Prohibition: Union Head Sara Nelson Blasts Breeze Airways Conduct Rules ‘Out Of 1952’
Flight attendants union head Sara Nelson, who is trying to organize at JetBlue founder Dave Neeleman’s startup Breeze Airways, took to social media to blast the airline’s employee handbook as antiquated and outdated. She compares their conflict of interest policy to a “pregnancy and the weight program” from 1952. Except the airline’s policies seem… downright reasonable?









