Northwest Flight Attendants Conduct CHAOS(TM) Activities

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ — From Friday, August 4 through Monday, August 7, Northwest flight attendants across the country will gather to gear up for CHAOS. These informational events will provide an opportunity for flight attendants to ask questions about CHAOS and learn more about the details involved in the campaign. They will also alert the traveling public of what is to come.

On Monday, July 31, Northwest flight attendants rejected a second tentative agreement with the company. Shortly after, the company implemented imposed work rules, triggering the flight attendants’ right to strike under the Railway Labor Act which governs labor-management relations in the aviation industry. AFA-CWA has served the company 15-days notice that CHAOS could strike as early as 9:01 pm CDT on August 15.

CHAOS, or Create Havoc Around Our System(TM), is AFA-CWA’s trademarked strategy of targeted work actions using random, unannounced strikes.

“Our members have spoken: these drastic cuts to our pay, benefits and work rules are simply unacceptable,” said Mollie Reiley, Interim Master Executive Council President. “Our members refuse to watch more than 40 percent of our wages and benefits get funneled into company profits and executive bonuses. It is simply not necessary and will not be tolerated.”

CHAOS Expos and leafleting events will be held at the following times and locations:

       Detroit Metro Airport — Friday, August 4       Demonstration and Leafleting       McNamara Terminal — Departure Level       Time: 3 pm – 7 pm       Local Contact: Todd Hurlbut, 517-990-5655        Memphis International Airport — Friday, August 4       Demonstration and Leafleting       Outside NWA ticket counter entrance — near upstairs, short-term         parking lot       Time: 4 pm – 7 pm       Local Contact: Angie Gilluly, 901-489-4172        San Francisco International Airport — Friday, August 4       Demonstration and Leafleting       Domestic Terminal 1 — Curbside, Northwest Airlines       Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm (Ideal: 11 am)       Local Contact: Tom Geiman, 415-694-9815        Boston — Friday, August 4       Informational Expo       IAM Building       830 Saratoga Street       East Boston, MA       Time: 12 pm – 4 pm       Local Contact: Jacob Easter, 617-538-4311        Honolulu International Airport — Friday, August 4 – Sunday, August 6       Demonstration and Leafleting       Northwest Curbside — Upper Level       Time: 11 am – 4 pm daily       Local Contact: Kevin Griffin, 808-225-9632        Los Angeles — Sunday, August 6       Demonstration and Leafleting       Los Angeles International Airport       Terminal 2       Time: 9 am – 12 pm       Local Contact:  Les Meeks, 213-453-3688                       Elisabeth Joyce, 949-374-8675        Minneapolis International Airport — Monday, August 7       Demonstration and Leafleting       NWA Ticket Level Doors and the East Upper Level Roadway       Time: 12 pm – 1:30 pm       Local Contact:  Susan Squires, 612-865-6621                       Camilla Wolkerstorfer, 612-747-4273        New York LaGuardia Airport — Monday, August 7       Demonstration and Leafleting       Lower Level Outside — Across from NWA Baggage Claim       Time: 4 pm – 6 pm       Local Contact: James Lucas, 551-689-3284    

For over 60 years, the Association of Flight Attendants has been serving as the voice for flight attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in the media and on Capitol Hill. More than 55,000 flight attendants, including 9,200 at Northwest, come together to form AFA-CWA, the world’s largest flight attendant union. AFA is part of the 700,000-member strong Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at http://www.nwaafa.org/.

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

CONTACT: Corey Caldwell of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA,AFL-CIO, +1-202-434-0586

Web site: http://www.nwaafa.org/http://www.afanet.org/