Legal Notice Informs AA Flight Attendants of Rights Regarding APFA Union Dues Increase & Termination Threats Over Dues
Special Legal Notice informs American Airlines flight attendants of their legal rights, offers legal aid to those threatened by APFA union officials over dues
Dallas, TX (November 13, 2025) – The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a special legal notice to tens of thousands of American Airlines flight attendants. The notice comes as officials of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) have reportedly increased dues by nearly 50% while also having multiple American Airlines flight attendants terminated for non-payment, and threatened others with termination if they didn’t pay thousands in union dues.
The full notice is available here: https://www.nrtw.org/AAunion/.
The Foundation’s legal notice informs flights attendants of their rights, including that union membership is not compulsory and that flight attendants have a right to pay reduced fees to the union. The notice suggests American Airlines employees who have been terminated for not paying union dues, or who are being threatened with such termination, reach out to the Foundation so that a Foundation attorney can evaluate their situation and advise them of their rights and options.
“The situation raises real concerns for employees who have had or could have their livelihoods upended solely for failing to bankroll APFA union bosses’ increasingly costly expenditures,” the legal notice reads. “That is why workers faced with threats for not paying union dues frequently contact the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to learn how to defend their rights and their livelihoods.”
The Foundation’s special legal notice highlights flight attendants’ right to resign their union membership, and provides guidance on best practices for doing so. Because flight attendants are subject to the Railway Labor Act, the notice also highlights their right to pay reduced union dues.
Finally, the notice provides helpful information for removing the union by using a decertification petition to obtain a National Mediation Board-administered secret ballot election.
Workers Can Receive Free Legal Aid and Avoid Illegal Union Retaliation
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is the nation’s premier organization exclusively dedicated to providing free legal assistance to employees victimized by forced-unionism abuse. The Foundation has a long history of defending workers against unlawful actions by union officials. Foundation staff attorneys have represented airline employees before, challenging union officials’ overreach and violations of workers’ constitutionally protected rights.
“We would like all American Airlines flight attendants to be aware of their federal labor rights and to know that the Foundation is a resource at their disposal to question and challenge the often misleading claims of union bosses who would like to keep workers in the dark,” commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “Forcing employees to pay tribute to a union boss or else be fired is just plain wrong, and the Foundation stands ready to assist those currently being targeted by dues-hungry APFA union bosses.”
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Contact: Mohamad Ali Khadra
Communications Associate
National Right to Work
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(703) 321-8510
About: The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year. Its web address is www.nrtw.org.