Labor & Economic News Blog

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Delta flight attendants vote on joining union

Delta flight attendants vote on joining union
Delta Air Lines' roughly 13,000 flight attendants finish voting a week from Wednesday on whether to join the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, potentially tripling the number of union members at the largely nonunion company. However the electronic vote turns out, two things are likely. Many of Delta's flight attendants will remain divided after the vote. And it likely will be only the opening act in a series of events that are complicated by the Atlanta carrier's planned merger with Northwest Airlines. "What is at stake is the over 78 years of a direct relationship with our employees," said Joanne Smith, senior vice president over Delta's flight attendant operations. "There are definitely opinions on both sides. In the end, we respect our employees' right to choose."

 



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