Latest Merger News
When Are We Voting?
We’re excited to vote and are standing strong together as we await the NMB’s decision regarding their proposed voting rule change. The NMB is required to take at least 30 days to review all comments submitted about the proposed rule change. For more information please click HERE.
Posted by jrook on 01/22 at 07:49 PMDelta Announces ATL Satellite & MSP/DTW AFP Closures
For an update from Local 90 ATL about Delta’s plans to close the ATL satellite, as well as the Delta MSP & DTW AFP bases, please click HERE.
Posted by jrook on 01/22 at 07:56 PMFAA Awards NW/DL Single Operating Certificate (SOC)
On December 31, 2009 we reached another milestone in our merger with Delta Air Lines. As our merger speeds along at a breakneck pace, there are many exciting changes to our airline that we all observe regularly. Despite the fact that management has asserted often and loudly that our efforts for a fair election process were somehow slowing down the largest airline merger in history, today the FAA granted Delta/Northwest a Single Operating Certificate - just as Delta executives had planned all along. Most importantly, we want to assure our fellow flight attendants that the SOC does not change Delta’s obligations under our contract. Nor does it affect our right to union representation. For the complete special hotline click HERE.
Posted by jrook on 01/07 at 08:57 PMOur Election & Our Scope Provisions
Your Master Executive Council comments on our upcoming representation election and what it means to our contractual Scope provisions HERE. For a NWA AFA Scope Q&A, click HERE.
Posted by jrook on 12/04 at 09:54 PMAFA Meets With NW/DL For Ops Briefing
October 22, 2009 - This week your AFA representatives met with Delta and Northwest executives, to go over the documents and details provided as part of our ongoing Section 1 Information Requests. Information and operational data has been requested by AFA to ensure the company’s compliance with Section 1 of the Northwest Flight Attendant Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Such topics as: the progress of the company toward the FAA Single Operating Certificate, pilot training and integration, flight attendant headcount and block hours for the year, joint venture and code share briefings on current and proposed agreements, fleet plans, hub updates, and much more were covered. As the merger progresses we’ll continue to develop a professional working relationship with our counterparts in management, and also strive to achieve our ultimate goal of attaining a legally binding “seat at the table” for our work group with Delta Air Lines. If Northwest and Delta flight attendants so choose to keep union representation at Delta, we will be ready to move forward quickly with our flight attendant colleagues at Delta to together negotiate a new joint agreement with our management team. - MEC President Janette Rook
Posted by jrook on 10/23 at 11:42 AMTTD Q&A on NMB Election Procedures
On October 14, 2009 the Transportation Trades Department created a Q&A that addresses their petition to the National Mediation Board about election procedures. To view the TTD Q&A please click HERE. The TTD is made up of 32 unions of the AFL-CIO, who represent millions of workers across the country.
Posted by jrook on 10/21 at 06:45 PMDelta Hires High Priced 3rd Party Law Firm
Please see below for documents submitted so far to the NMB, by the law firm of Paul Hastings for Delta Air Lines, and from AFA, regarding our application for single carrier determination for the purposes of flight attendant representation.
The law firm of Paul Hastings and the attorney Jack Gallagher in particular - have been hired by management to represent Delta Air Lines for our upcoming union representation election and NMB process. Mr. Gallagher is reportedly an expert in slashing contracts in bankruptcy, creating non-union subsidiaries, and just good old fashioned union busting. It's an outrage that in these times of job cuts and company losses, our management team would choose to hire an expensive outside law firm, simply for the purposes of union busting. How many jobs could be saved and benefits improved if the money for this firm went unspent? Union contracts give us bargaining power and Delta executives clearly acknowledge that value by fighting so hard to block our right to a contract in the future.
Despite the flood of cash executives choose to spend, we are buoyed by increasing support at both Northwest and Delta. The chance for collective bargaining rights at the new Delta is actually quite simple to achieve for individual flight attendants. We can and will protect our career by working together. Take a second to put on your union pin and an AFA bag tag and have conversations with fellow flight attendants, spend a few minutes on the phone or internet to vote in our upcoming representation election, and that will ensure that we have the chance to negotiate our own legally binding contract. Our pilots, meteorologists and executives have decided they want a contract at Delta, and they know there is nothing anti-company or substandard about a legally binding contract - its just good business sense. We are Pro-Delta and Pro-AFA. -- MEC President Janette Rook
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Prepare NOW! Join The Campaign
A joint campaign has been set up to make sure we retain our contract and our union. A Committee of Northwest and Delta flight attendants (The Campaign Coordination Committee or C3) are in place to achieve a successful organizing campaign and provide AFA representation for the Delta and Northwest combined flight attendant group at the 'new' Delta global airline. Our strategy to win our next vote is a '50 State Strategy' that requires flight attendant activists and leaders in every state where Delta and Northwest flight attendants live. To join the campaign, please visit the Join The Campaign page of our website and contact the Regional Leader(s) for the state where you live. A complete list of activists and their contact information can be found on this web page.
APOLOGY & ENDORSEMENT FROM DELTA PRESIDENT ED BASTIAN ON THE HORIZON?
In a vicious anti-union video distributed by Delta Air Lines last year, Mr. Bastian stated, "If someone came in and was able to convince me that AFA actually allowed us to serve our customers better, I'd say vote for a union, but I don't believe that to be the case." Well, the 2009 Airline Quality Ratings for 2009/2008 performance were announced in April and the highly unionized Northwest ranked 4th in overall quality, with Delta coming in at 12th with the worst performance of any major carrier, and just above the regional carriers. For the record, 4 AFA represented carriers were in the top 5 positions in the survey, demonstrating that representation is a benefit to customer service in the airline industry and not a hindrance.This week I sent Mr. Bastian a request Letter to Bastian for an apology for Northwest flight attendants for his suggestion that unionized flight attendants don't care about customers the way Delta flight attendants do. That was not only an insult to Northwest's dedicated flight attendant group, but was also a slur against flight attendants everywhere. But more than his apology, based upon his earlier comment, we eagerly await his endorsement for AFA to represent all flight attendants at the new Delta. After all, our customers deserve it.
- MEC President Janette Rook
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