Resolution to Support AFA’s Delta Organizing Campaign

Whereas Pride At Work recognizes the vital importance of organizing the unorganized; and

Whereas Pride At Work’s growth as an organization is linked to its developing a national campaign to boost its visibility among working people; and

Whereas Pride At Work already has chapters in many large urban centers that have a high density of LGBT workers; and

Whereas the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) has committed substantial resources to organizing the flight attendants at Delta Airlines; and

Whereas AFA believes that a significant percentage of Delta flight attendants are LGBT; and

Whereas many of those LGBT flight attendants live in cities where Pride At Work has chapters; and

Whereas many of Delta’s largest hub cities are cities that Pride At Work has identified for development of new or existing chapters; and

Therefore Be It Resolved that Pride At Work offer full support to AFA and participation its Delta organizing campaign; and

And Be It Further Resolved that Pride At Work make assisting with the Delta airlines campaign a priority for the next two years; and

And Be It Further Resolved that that national Co-Chairs notify Pat Friend, International President of AFA, of our willingness and commitment to provide assistance in organizing queer flight attendants and their non-queer colleagues in this important organizing drive.

Submitted by: Chuck Einloth, Harneen Chernow, Martha Grevatt