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Monday, October 16, 2006

Machinists union making a run at Delta

Machinists union making a run at Delta
Delta Air Lines is being targeted by a union that hopes to organize more than 6,000 ramp workers in the wake of deep job and pay cut at the company as it undergoes a Chapter 11 restructuring. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced Monday that it has begun a nationwide campaign at the largely non-union airline. "Delta's ramp workers are turning to the Machinists for our hard won experience at other airlines in crisis," Robert Roach, Jr., IAM General Vice President of Transportation, said in a press release Monday.

 



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