Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Sasha Kahele-Manners

For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today’s profile is Sasha Kahele-Manners of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA).

Sasha Kahele-Manners is a flight attendant with Hawaiian Airlines and proud member of AFA-CWA. Kahele-Manners currently serves as the reserve committee chair for Council 43 in Honolulu, where she supports AFA-CWA members by helping them understand and navigate their collective bargaining agreement. Kahele-Manners’ union work is driven by a deep respect for the protections her contract provides—ensuring balance, preventing burnout and affirming the value of flight attendants’ work.