Sara Nelson represents about 55,000 members across 20 airlines and serves a third term as international president of the Association of Flight Attendants. She used the threat of a strike in 2019 to help end an extended government shutdown and secured a $54 billion Covid-relief package for the industry during the pandemic. She joined Bernie Sanders's Fight the Oligarchy tour and responded to talk of a general strike by United Auto Workers leader Shawn Fain. A former flight attendant, she emphasizes leveraging worker power, remembers colleagues lost on September 11, and fights efforts to erode pensions and shift healthcare costs to frontline workers.
Representing some 55,000 members at 20 airlines, Sara Nelson valiantly defends her people. Back in 2019, she used the threat of a strike to ground air traffic to help end an extended government shutdown. During the pandemic, she won a $54 billion Covid-relief package for her industry. Nelson is in her third term as the international president of the Association of Flight Attendants and widely regarded as one of the most lionhearted leaders in the labor movement.
I always bring the people that I work with. Whenever I feel like I have lost my way, I think about the people that I have shared a jump seat with, worked across a beverage cart with, had to deal with scary moments in aviation. I also always, always, always think about my friends that I lost on September 11, Flight 175 that slammed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
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