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August 2024 HRE Update

01 Aug, 2024

August 2024 Monthly Newsletter

AFA-CWA International Human Rights & Equity Committee

The AFA Human Rights and Equity Committee is committed to providing the broadest possible representation of our members regardless of age, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, differently abled, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. We honor and celebrate the shared humanity of the members in our care. We shall at all times endeavor to promote the principles of tolerance, fairness, equity, justice, respect and inclusion within our Union. It is only when we all band together and work together that we can rally against the walls of division to create a progressive culture that values social and economic justice for all working people.

Important Dates:

August is Black Business Month!

Aug. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Aug. 11-14: CWA Human Rights Conference

Aug. 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

Aug. 26: Women’s Equality Day

Aug. 30: Grief Awareness Day - for confidential support and assistance with accessing resources for your mental health reach out to the AFA Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Aug. 31: International Day for People of African Descent

Remember to wear your AFA pins and proudly represent!

Black Business Month

For hundreds of years, Black communities have endured systemic racism, wage gaps, extreme inequality, and violence. August is a time to celebrate, support, and recognize Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

The AFA HRE Committee is committed to supporting Black-owned businesses and Black Business Month. We encourage our members to support Black Business Month.

Visit the Intentionalist website to explore Black-owned businesses wherever you are. We encourage you to visit some Black-owned businesses locally, while on layovers, and while we are at the CWA conference in Houston!

Events like the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst racially motivated attacks in US History, have decimated thriving Black communities in this country. We also encourage you to visit The Tulsa Historical Society website to learn about this once thriving Black business community.

Action Items:

GET OUT THE VOTE! Our labor movement and our rights depend on it! Visit VOTE411.org/afacwa for ballot information, checking your voter registration, confirming your polling place, debates in your area, and much more!
- We encourage our members to register to vote, check their voter registration is up to date and active, & vote for pro-labor candidates.
Sign the petition for our AFA Endeavor siblings! And join them on the picket lines! Stop Short-Changing Endeavor Flight Attendants