Horizon Air flight attendants have voted to authorize a strike as contract negotiations continue with the Alaska Air Group regional carrier.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said on June 16, 2026, that 99.8% of participating Horizon Air flight attendants voted to authorize a strike. The union represents about 650 flight attendants at Horizon, a wholly owned Alaska Air Group subsidiary.
The vote does not mean Horizon flight attendants are walking off the job immediately. Under the Railway Labor Act, the National Mediation Board would first need to declare negotiations deadlocked and release both sides into a 30-day cooling-off period before a strike could occur.
AFA-CWA said the vote followed “seriously delayed bargaining” and what it described as low economic proposals from Horizon management.
“Our 99.8% vote shows Horizon and Alaska management that we will do whatever it takes to get the contract we have earned,” said Lisa Davis Warren, president of the Horizon chapter of AFA-CWA.
Davis Warren said flight attendants are seeking pay, benefits and work-rule improvements after extended contract talks. The flight attendants and supporters held picketing events in Portland and Seattle as the vote results were announced.
Horizon flight attendants filed for federal mediation in January 2025. The union said its demands include living-wage pay increases, increased pay for time spent at work including boarding, better benefits and work-rule improvements.
“Flight attendants at Horizon and other regional airlines across the industry fly the same routes and provide the same service as mainline flight attendants,” said Sara Nelson, international president of AFA-CWA. “It’s time they are recognized for their critical contributions to Alaska-Hawaiian.”
AFA-CWA said it could use its trademarked CHAOS strike strategy if members are eventually released to strike. CHAOS, short for Create Havoc Around Our System, allows the union to strike the full system or individual flights without advance notice to management or passengers.
Horizon Air operates daily flights to nearly 50 destinations, largely feeding Alaska Airlines’ network in the western United States.