IT'S TIME!

The truth behind their headlines.

Management has a website, a poster budget and a consulting firm. We have the facts. Tap each poster below to see what they left off.

What's happening

The anti-union playbook, in three parts.

A management-controlled websiteBuilt and maintained by anti-labor consultants hired by SkyWest management. It is not a neutral source.
Posters in every crew roomFear tactics and distorted claims, system-wide, designed to divide us and distract from what's at stake.
SIA, the "association"Company-funded, no legal standing, no power to bargain a binding contract. Built so we think we already have a voice.
What it's all protectingTotal control over pay, schedules and work rules. A contract would make them bargain with us as equals.
Management is trying to scare us because they know that when we organize, we win.
Side by side

SIA is not a union. Here's the difference.

When your representatives are funded and approved by the people who sign your paycheck, they represent management.

SIA
Our SkyWest AFA union
Who funds it
✕SkyWest management
✓We do, after we approve a contract
Who leads it
✕Approved by management
✓Flight Attendants we elect
Can it bargain a binding contract
✕No legal standing
✓Yes, under federal law
Who sets the priorities
✕Management
✓We vote on leaders and the contract
We fund it. We lead it. We decide what goes in our first contract.
Their posters, our facts

Five claims. Tap each one.

What's on the crew-room wall, and what they left off it.

Posters checked
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Smear piece 1

"The union is spreading misinformation."

THE TRUTH

The union is us.

SkyWest Flight Attendants, organizing for our legal right to negotiate a contract. What management calls misinformation is the part they would rather you not hear:

  • We pay dues only after we vote to approve our first contract.
  • AFA-CWA Flight Attendants at other carriers have already won raises, schedule protections and legal representation.
  • A union gives us the right to bargain as equals, not just hope management "listens."

If anything is misleading, it's the fear campaign, run while executives cash out millions in stock options. Read the Flight Facts →

Smear piece 2

"AFA doesn't know SkyWest."

THE TRUTH

This union is built by SkyWest Flight Attendants, for SkyWest Flight Attendants.

Jumpseaters, commuters, reserve warriors and lineholders. The people next to you in the galley. Once we win, our AFA Council at SkyWest is run only by Flight Attendants we elect from our own ranks.

AFA brings the strength of thousands of Flight Attendants across 19 airlines, including regionals like Piedmont and Envoy, who have fought discipline, negotiated enforceable contracts and won real raises in operations like ours.

The real strangers are the highly paid union-busting consultants management flew in. They don't know SkyWest. They know how to keep you from a contract.

Smear piece 3

"A union will create division."

THE TRUTH

We are already united. That's why we're organizing.

The division comes from management's scare tactics and loyalty tests, built to pit us against each other. Solidarity isn't the problem; it's the solution.

When we speak together, we win together. That isn't division. That's democracy.

Smear piece 4

"You'll lose flexibility."

THE TRUTH

With a union, we negotiate flexibility and lock it in.

Today SkyWest can change a policy on a whim or deny time off without cause. With a contract, we bargain protections that preserve the flexibility we choose, not whatever management finds convenient.

Ask Flight Attendants at Alaska, Frontier or Envoy. They still have flexibility. They also have rights, representation and real protections.

Smear piece 5

"Unions only want your dues."

THE TRUTH

Let's talk about money, and who is really benefiting.

While we work longer and harder with fewer protections, executives have sold off millions in stock options and the company has put hundreds of millions into stock buybacks. Ask for investment in the people who run the airline, and suddenly there's "no budget."

  • Dues start only after we negotiate and approve a contract worth paying for: better pay, stronger guarantees, enforceable protections.
  • Dues fund what works for us: legal support, contract enforcement, negotiations, representation.
  • Once we are working under the contract we approve, dues are $50 per month.

Management talks about dues because it's a convenient distraction: a small monthly amount instead of the big picture of everything we go without.

Follow the money

Who pays, and when.

$0
in dues until we vote to approve our first contract
$50
per month once we're working under the contract we approved
Millions in stock options. Hundreds of millions in buybacks.
What SkyWest found the budget for while telling us there wasn't one.
We will only vote to approve a contract that makes our dues well worth the cost. Every dollar after that goes toward a future we control, because our union works for us.

Our pledge: truth, transparency, solidarity.

We won't answer scare tactics with fear or hate. We'll answer with facts, unity and hope. We are organizing to make SkyWest a place where:

  • Our work is respected
  • Our pay reflects our value
  • Our schedules support a livable life
  • Our voices are heard, because we have legal standing
Next step

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