Fri, Mar 04, 2011
Claim Airline Is Discriminating Against Former Union
Members
Claiming they have been the victims of discrimination based
solely on their status as former union members, several Delta
Flight Attendants, with the assistance of the Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA (AFA), filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Delta Air
Lines management. The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court on
behalf of pre-merger Northwest Flight Attendants, comes after Delta
management withheld higher profit sharing checks from over 7,500
pre-merger Northwest Flight Attendants based solely upon their
prior union membership.
Veda Shook
"Delta is punishing Northwest Flight Attendants for their long
history of collective bargaining," said Veda Shook, AFA
International President. "Delta management's actions are shameful
and undemocratic. Our union supports all Flight Attendants and will
not rest until this mean-spirited retaliation comes to an end and
all Delta Flight Attendants receive a fair share of the profit that
their accomplishments helped to achieve.
In November 2010, pre-merger Flight Attendants lost their over
65 years of collective bargaining rights by only 328 votes after an
AFA representation election with pre-merger Delta Flight
Attendants, a margin of less than one percent. AFA asserts that
since these Flight Attendants no longer have a legally-binding
contract, there is nothing preventing Delta management from paying
equal profit sharing for equal work.
Following the recent election for union representation, AFA
filed hundreds of cases of election interference charges documented
against Delta management. The union expects investigation of the
charges to result in a new election for Flight Attendants who want
a contract and rights on the job. Delta management is punishing
Flight Attendants for being former union members by paying
different amounts of profit sharing for the same service to the
airline.
"Attempting to hold workers hostage by making them choose
between their rights and their share of company profits is
anti-American. Delta management espouses a family-friendly company
culture, yet their actions are hurting the families of Flight
Attendants. Northwest and Delta Flight Attendants have contributed
a great deal to the success of the airline. Their accomplishments
and sacrifices should be acknowledged equally.
"Delta's actions are part of a larger nationwide effort by
employers and certain state Governors to destroy collective
bargaining. Results from a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll indicate
that Delta management is out of step with American values. Their
attack on collective bargaining is an attack on not only our
members, but on Delta's passengers and the American middle class,"
said Shook.
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