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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 7h

Increasingly less so.

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Atlanta DSA @atldemsoc.bsky.social · 6d

On Sept. 20, Atlanta DSA hosted our 17th Annual Douglass Debs Dinner to raise funds to support our organizing work and bring together Atlanta's progressive community for an evening of community and solidarity 🍽🌹🍑

Labor journalist and author @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social gave the keynote speech, (1/2)

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Janet Kinneberg @jkinneberg.bsky.social · 8d

“For years, the right has vilified federal workers as nameless, faceless bureaucrats.
But the truth is … they’re the people who live and work in our communities and they are being hurt.”

Sara Nelson, President of @afacwa.org in 2019 when Trump et al shut down the government.

Workers have power.

Janet Kinneberg @jkinneberg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Posts about a General Strike, too. It was the threat of General Strike during 2019 Government Shutdown that led to resolution. GOP leadership is AFRAID for workers to know their own STRENGTH!

Listen to @realnewsnobs.bsky.social interview with AFA President Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 7d

So proud of our Kaela Berg and her announcement on running for Congress! We’re ALL IN for this @afacwa.org member and we encourage you to be too! kaela4congress.com/launch1a?t=1...

Donate to Kaela Berg

Show your support with a contribution.

kaela4congress.com

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 13d

🚨 ACTION: The U.S. should welcome foreign journalists—not kick them out.

DHS is trying to gut the journalist I visa program and weaken press freedom at home and abroad.

▶️ Will you join over 13,000 and submit your own comment?:

newsguild.org/action-newsg...

ACTION: NewsGuild-CWA joins calls on DHS to withdraw journalist visa proposal | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA

The NewsGuild-CWA calls on DHS to withdraw its proposed rule that would change the I visa program for foreign journalists working in the United States.

newsguild.org

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Delta AFA @afadelta.bsky.social · 15d

We deserve due process!

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Delta AFA @afadelta.bsky.social · 13d

LEGENDARY labor leader Dolores Huerta stopped by our visibility table!

Huerta co-founded @ufw.bsky.social led nationwide grape boycotts, strikes, and negotiations that resulted in famous contract wins. Her organizing led to legislation that gave farm workers the power to organize unions!

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 14d

“Until recently, few policy tools united Democrats and Republicans like export controls… What once was security is now securities.”

“In the wrong hands, semiconductors and certain other U.S. technologies can present national security risks.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

National Security for Sale

How profit seeking distorts American policymaking.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · Apr 18

Sam jumps out of planes and into fires to fight them. We generally try to keep people on the plane and out of fires. But we both love our unions. And we love #fightingoligarchy ✊ #flyunion
@nffe.bsky.social @afacwa.org

Sam Forstag and Sara Nelson backstage after speaking at the Fighting Oligarchy Missoula stop.

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 16d

My copy of @aft.org President @rweingarten.bsky.social ‘s book just arrived. Do you have your copy yet? Get it here: sites.prh.com/whyfascistsf...

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 23d

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25d

@flyingwithsara.bsky.social Serious stuff. Not only that, @afacwa.org paid a major role in exposing this. Here's the article explaining how WSJ did the analysis using data compiled by a AFA-CWA occupational health specialist.

Gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/air...

The Journal’s analysis was a two-step process. First, reporters trained a statistical model using a list of classified SDRs compiled by Judith Anderson, a researcher and occupational health specialist at the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union who advocates on this issue and whose work the FAA cites for its 33 fume events per million departures figure. Testing against 25% of Anderson’s data not used in the training, the model correctly identified fume events 94% of the time.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25d

@flyingwithsara.bsky.social Serious stuff. Not only that, @afacwa.org paid a major role in exposing this. Here's the article explaining how WSJ did the analysis using data compiled by a AFA-CWA occupational health specialist.

Gift link:
www.wsj.com/business/air...

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25d

Gift!

WSJ: Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes

By Benjamin Katz, John West, and Andrew Tangel

Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A WSJ investigation shows the problem is getting worse. @johnwest.bsky.social @andrewtangel.bsky.social

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 25d

My heart is full when I’m with @sanders.senate.gov!

Senator Bernie Sanders and AFA-CWA President in the Senator’s office this week after a remembrance ceremony at the 9/11 Flight 93 memorial in the U.S. Capitol.

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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 27d

Sign up for the second session of our Strategy Series, The Rise of American Labour and Opposing Trumpism with @flyingwithsara.bsky.social

20 Nov | 7pm

🚩 Don't miss this - https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/strategy-series-the-rise-of-american-labour-and-opposing-trumpism

#GFTUET #Labour #Trumpism

Promotional banner for the GFTU Educational Trust event titled 'The Rise of American Labour and Opposing Trumpism', featuring an image of Sara Nelson speaking at a rally with American flags in the background, scheduled for Thursday 20 November at 7 PM.

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AFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union @afacwa.org · 28d

@flyingwithsara.bsky.social explains that thinking about and saying the names of her friends who worked United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001, keeps her focused and clear about what crisis capitalists will do to extract the value of labor without a strong labor movement to fight back.

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AFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union @afacwa.org · 28d

Twenty-four years since September 11, 2001, AFA-CWA President @flyingwithsara.bsky.social released a statement about the persistent efforts of airline management to fight installation of secondary flight deck barriers.

Read the statement: www.afacwa.org/24year_septe...

“Flight Attendants were the first to die 24 years ago as terrorists wrestled their way into the flight deck.”

“Reinforced doors were installed within 18 months, while 24 years later it’s still Flight Attendant bodies that stand in the way of those doors and mass casualties in the air and on the ground.”

“Airlines have fought every step
of the way to delay mandatory Installed Physical Secondary Barriers – a safety provision long fought for by aviation unions. ‘Safety and security first’ is in
word only for the corporate
bean counters.”

“It is disgusting airlines have fought this simple life saving device all these years in favor of a few pieces of silver.”

“We will Never Forget. It seems they will never care.”

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lauraflanders.org @lauraflanders.org · Sep 3

A union member since 1996, @flyingwithsara.bsky.social is now serving her third term as International President of @afacwa.org, @aflcio.org. She represents 55,000 members at 20 airlines, and knows how to leverage worker power. Check out our interview with Nelson in @thenation.com: bit.ly/460SBaK

“There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson

The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants explains how labor solidarity can “set the agenda and make things better.”

www.thenation.com

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The Sanders Institute @sandersinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 3

We the people have the power. @flyingwithsara.bsky.social

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henrybphotography.bsky.social @henrybphotography.bsky.social · Sep 2

Labor Day in Boston

#laborday #labor #solidarity @massgovernor.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @gblcboston.bsky.social
@flyingwithsara.bsky.social

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MJ O’Neill 🏳️‍⚧️ @mjoneillchw.bsky.social · Sep 2

“If we lose contact with the Gaza flotilla for even twenty minutes, we will shut down all of Europe” may be one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen anyone say. Like, the power. The stance. Dear god, I want this energy all around me from everywhere.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · Sep 2

❤️
Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Italians are the ones finally doing it

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · Sep 1

My favorite sign at the Boston Labor Day parade today: “End this ICE Age”

Crowd at the State House just before the first ever Labor Day parade in Boston. Woman holds cardboard homemade sign that reads: “End this ICE Age”

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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · Sep 1

Boston turned out for the first Labor Day Parade. Happy Labor Day!

Thank you especially to @flyingwithsara.bsky.social for being here today. Solidarity IS a force stronger than gravity ❤️

A long parade of people marches down a Boston street with a bike lane separated from traffic by reflectors. Closest to the camera are people in red shirts carrying signs and the lyrics to union songs.

Beth Andres-Beck in a red DSA t-shirt and Sara Nelson in a red AFA shirt smile at the camera

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · Sep 1

Amazing first Labor Day parade in Boston today. At least 15k in the streets and lots of people watching the parade. The Greater Boston Labor Council really turned it out!

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Sara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · Sep 1

To all of the extremely lovely people who let us through the Terminal B precheck line at Boston Logan, THANK YOU! Would not have made the flight with my kiddo without your kindness. ✈️❤️ We will pay it forward! #HappyLaborDay

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