The Association of Flight Attendants (LHR) is the British section of the international

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of January 2018, AFA represents 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines. Since 2004, AFA has been part of the Com ...

, a US-based

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which represents nearly 60,000 flight attendants at 19 airlines. The Association of Flight Attendants is part of AFL-CIO affiliate,

Communications Workers of America The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 700,000 members in both the private and public sectors (also in Canada and Puerto Rico). The union has 27 loc ...

and a member of the

International Transport Workers' Federation The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a democratic global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2017 the ITF had 677 member organizations in 149 countries, representing a combined membership ...

. All AFA members working for the same airline and assigned to the same domicile form the Local Council. The President, Vice President and Secretary, who are elected to a three-year term by the members of each Local Council, form the Local Executive Council. AFA (LHR) is affiliated to the

Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national tra ...

in the United Kingdom and organises among

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

cabin crew based at

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