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Fighting for a Safe Workplace at CLT

Fighting for a Safe Workplace at CLT

04 Mar, 2020

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Fighting for a Safe Workplace at CLT

Last August our CWA family lost a valued member in a workplace tragedy. Kendrick Hudson, a 24-year-old passenger service agent and member of CWA Local 3645, was killed when the vehicle he was driving at CLT flipped over. Recently the North Carolina DoL cited Piedmont with a $19,600 penalty for safety violations.

Fighting for a Safe Workplace at CLT

Piedmont Survey Reveals Health and Safety Risks

Piedmont Survey Reveals Health and Safety Risks

25 Feb, 2020

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Piedmont Survey Reveals Health and Safety Risks

Thank you to the nearly 500 Piedmont agents who completed the safety survey conducted by CWA in December 2019. The results are helping us approach management with concrete information to resolve health and safety issues that affect all of us.

Piedmont Survey Reveals Health and Safety Risks

It's Time to Speak Out for Workplace Safety

It's Time to Speak Out for Workplace Safety

08 Jan, 2020

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It's Time to Speak Out for Workplace Safety

I am a Passenger Service Agent with American Airlines’ subsidiary Piedmont at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. I’m writing this article on behalf of the whole leadership team at Local 3645 about an issue that affects every passenger service employee—our safety at work.

It's Time to Speak Out for Workplace Safety

Please Help Our Fight for Safety

Please Help Our Fight for Safety

03 Dec, 2019

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Please Help Our Fight for Safety

In memory of Piedmont agent Kendrick Hudson, who died in a preventable workplace accident, CWA is launching a survey to document hazards as part of our fight for safer working conditions. Please help by taking the survey.

Please Help Our Fight for Safety

Piedmont Leadership Training at CLT

Piedmont Leadership Training at CLT

26 Nov, 2019

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Piedmont Leadership Training at CLT

In November Piedmont agents gathered for a major Leadership Training event in Charlotte, North Carolina. They held mock hearings and learned all the practical details they will need to help fellow agents navigate grievances and other problems at work.

Piedmont Leadership Training at CLT

More Action Against Airport Assaults

More Action Against Airport Assaults

25 Nov, 2019

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More Action Against Airport Assaults

In September 2019, AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson spoke on the topic of assaults on passenger service agents before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation.

More Action Against Airport Assaults