Association of Flight Attendants (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
AFA Chicago/Rosemont: McDonald v. UAL Case Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002386
Abstract
McDonald v. UAL was part of a series of legal cases involving United Air Lines (UAL), their former flight attendants, and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA). The cases centered around flight attendants who lost their job due to UAL’s no-marriage policy of the 1950s and 1960s in which the company insisted that their female flight attendants remain unmarried. If a stewardess married she had to transfer to a ground job, was forced to resign, or was fired. Previous cases against UAL...