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Keturah Johnson (she/her) began working as a ramp agent at Piedmont Airlines in 2013, a wholly owned regional of American Airlines. Keturah has worked in the aviation industry for over a decade, starting as a ramp agent before moving on to the inflight department and eventually cabin crew.

Keturah is a Combat Veteran, and being of service is second nature to her, so she immediately became active in AFA-CWA. Soon afterward, she was elected the Master Executive Council President of Local 61.

During this tenure, Keturah also secured a historic 100% vote during contract negotiations to strike if negotiations didn’t reach a conclusion soon. After four years and the WORST crisis the Flight Attendant industry had ever faced, Piedmont Flight Attendants ratified a new contract in March 2022.

Since then, Keturah hasn’t stopped making history. On the first day of #PrideMonth in 2022, Keturah began her term as AFA-CWA International Vice President making her the first queer woman of colour and combat veteran elected to serve in the role.

Keturah is passionate about making the aviation industry a safe and inclusive industry that celebrates the diversity of the workers who power it and work to make these spaces safe and supportive for all people, including immigrants, trans people, Black and Indigenous people, and the LGBTQIA+ community so that every person that AFA represents has a voice.

Keturah is the global representative for cabin crew for the International Transport Workers Federation, which represents over 17 million transport workers, including almost a million aviation workers in over 100 countries.