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April 2024 HRE Update

Hello All, 

Welcome to the April 2024 HRE Newsletter.

You can find a PDF version of this newsletter HERE:

In the month of April we acknowledge/celebrate the following:

ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
CLIMATE ACTION MONTH
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
SCOTTISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Notable Dates In April

Support The Cause

  • Wear a teal ribbon with your AFA pin for Sexual Assault Awareness Month
  • Support local Arab American , Roma, & Scottish American businesses

Climate Action Month

The theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs Plastics.” The goal is to have a 60% reduction in all plastic production by 2040.

  • Plan or join an Earth Day march or rally
  • Host or join a community cleanup event
  • Explore other local activities such as planting a pollinator garden or working in a community garden

Get more resources and ideas from the Earth Day Toolkit

If you are interested in hosting an Earth Day Activity or have one you would like to suggest, reach out to me at [email protected].
 

Pride At Work

Pride at Work is an important initiative that has a mission of seeking “full equality without restrictions or barriers for LGBTQIA+ individuals in our workplaces, unions, and communities, creating a Labor Movement that cherishes diversity, promotes inclusion, encourages openness, and ensures safety & dignity. We do this through education, alliances, and building solidarity across our large and diverse communities.”

They oppose all forms of bias and discrimination on the job, in our unions, and in the public square based on sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, immigration status, age, disability, HIV status, marital status, religion, or political views. They also seek to promote the ability of all working people to self-organize and act collectively to advance the power, needs, and interests of the working class in addition to the principles of justice, true democracy, and equality.

This is a very important initiative to be a part of, and we would love for you to sign up as a member. For more information about Pride At Work, head to prideatwork.org. Join today using THIS LINK.

Take These Important Surveys

Click the image to take the HRE survey

This survey allows you to tell us the issues that are important to you and helps give us some direction to focus on the causes that matter to our membership.

Click the image to take the Uniform Survey

This survey is about Uniform Gender Expression and seeks to identify how the crew feels about uniform choices, policies & guidelines at our airline and how it relates to their gender. 

Building HRE Awareness and Membership

We are continuing to build our committee and so if you are interest in joining, please come to our Monthly HRE Call April 8, 2024 at 3 PM EST. 

Thanks for reading!
If you have any questions, concerns or ideas, don't hesitate to reach out to me.

Reminder:

You can find all our recent newsletters and information about the union and what we are working on at the Norse AFA website.
Visit the website today at norseafa.org

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Cheers,

Jhenelle (she/her)
HRE & Communications Committee Chair