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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Delta workers' rallying cry: 'We are not for sale'

Delta workers' rallying cry: 'We are not for sale'
A raucous crowd of more than 3,000 Delta Air Lines workers alternately cheered, booed, clapped and hissed Wednesday as they loudly expressed opposition to a takeover bid by rival US Airways. Delta employee groups used the nearly two-hour rally to bash Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways and its CEO, Doug Parker, in pointed, personal terms. He was compared to vilified airline raiders Carl Icahn and Frank Lorenzo and even the fictional Gordon Gekko from the movie "Wall Street." "You have underestimated your opponent!" Delta pilot union chairman Lee Moak thundered at the meeting in a convention hall near the Atlanta airport, which combined the fervor of a tent revival with the pragmatism of a political strategy session.

 



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