Flight Attendant Union Reaches Tentative Agreement with United Airlines
CHICAGO (May 23, 2025) - United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), and United Airlines today reached an historic tentative agreement for 28,000 Flight Attendants.
The agreement includes:
- Industry-leading compensation
- Hotel, scheduling, reserve and other improvements
- In the first year alone, Flight Attendants will gain 40% of total economic improvements
- Plus, industry-leading retro pay
The locally elected leaders of the 28,000 Flight Attendants will meet May 29th and 30th to review the full details before voting to send the agreement to the members for ratification. No further details of the tentative agreement will be released until the leadership concludes their review.
AFA appreciates NMB mediator Michael Kelliher, who worked with the parties to reach this agreement.
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The Association of Flight Attendants is the Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight Attendant profession for over 79 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. Over 55,000 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.
