Thu, Mar 03, 2011
Veda Shook Enters Into Influential Union Role
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International
President Veda Shook (pictured) was seated Tuesday on the
Executive Council of the largest federation of unions in the United
States, the AFL-CIO. Shook began her term as AFA International
President in January 2011. She brings almost 20 years of experience
in advancing issues for Flight Attendants as a local AFA leader,
successful union organizer, and AFA International Vice
President.
Shook's passion for her profession as a Flight Attendant has
fueled her successful work at the bargaining table, organizing new
Flight Attendant union members and promoting legislation that
improves Flight Attendants' work and home lives. As an
experienced union leader, current Flight Attendant and working
mother, Shook brings a valuable perspective to the Executive
Council and its advocacy for working families. "It is an honor to
be such an integral part of the AFL-CIO, serving as the voice for
working families and promoting our right for collective
bargaining," said Shook. "It is crucial that, as a council, we
constantly find ways to engage workers and work together to make
unions more accessible to our members and all workers who strive to
have a voice at work."
Shortly after graduating from the University of Colorado with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and beginning
her career as an Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant in 1991, Shook
became involved with her local chapter of the Association of Flight
Attendants. As union president at Alaska Airlines, Shook chaired a
successful negotiating team that helped gain significant,
industry-leading improvements for all Alaska Flight Attendants by
focusing on items that were valuable to the Flight Attendant
membership. Through creative and progressive contract language, she
helped to advance gender equality and was instrumental in gaining
the inclusion of many family-friendly policies.
Shook's work as International Vice President included mentoring
new leaders and leading successful organizing drives that added
Flight Attendants from five different airlines to AFA, the largest
Flight Attendant union in the world. Her focus on achieving
results thorough collaborative efforts will be Shook's hallmark on
the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
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