Published 23 Nov, 2011
Friday, November 18 was a terrible day for workers’ rights. The Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America and the Transport Workers Union join together in condemning the decision by the National Mediation Board (NMB) denying charges of management interference by Delta Air Lines in the November 2010 union representation election. The NMB decision throws out 60 years of bargaining rights for the Northwest flight attendants and denies the Delta flight attendants any say over their working conditions. The decision ignores the outrageous interference of Delta management in the union election among 20,000 employees.
Given the close margin of that election, Delta continues its determination to keep workers from having a union. This includes lobbying to shut down the Federal Aviation Administration by insisting that an anti-democratic voting standard for union elections be inserted in the FAA re-authorization. Delta seems to be more focused on its anti-union agenda than the performance of the airline, since it has bumped paying passengers to bring anti-worker lobbyists to Congress.