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AFA Flight Attendant Union Testifies on Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers

Written by Admin | Jun 9, 2020 5:00:00 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2020) — On Tuesday, June 9th, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on the “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers."

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2020) — On Tuesday, June 9th, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on the “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers."

Susannah Carr, Association of Flight Attendants–CWA (AFA) Flight Attendant at United Airlines, will testify at the hearing. She will provide unique perspective from aviation’s first responders, as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting financial crisis.

Read AFA's Opening Statement > 

Read AFA's Written Testimony >

WHAT: House T&I  Committee on: “On the Front Lines: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Workers.”

WHO: Susannah Carr, Flight Attendant, United Airlines, on behalf of the Association of Flight Attendants–CWA
Larry Willis, President, Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO
LaMont Byrd, Director of Health and Safety International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Tom Shaw, Transit Operator, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority on behalf of the Transportation Workers Union
Randy Guillot, President, Triple G Express, Inc. and Southeast Motor Freight Inc., and Chairman, American Trucking Associations, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations

WHERE: LIVESTREAM

WHEN: Tuesday, June 9th
1:00pm ET