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In this Issue for
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November 5,
2009 |
- AFA-CWA APPLAUDS NATIONAL
MEDIATION BOARD
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Dear Member,
AFA-CWA APPLAUDS NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
FOR
PROPOSED VOTING PROCEDURE CHANGE
Single
Certification Application Withdrawn for Delta/Northwest Flight
Attendant Election
Washington, DC - The Association
of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) today withdrew the single
transportation certification application it filed with the
National Mediation Board (NMB) in July on behalf of flight
attendants at Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The
withdrawal is in response to the NMB’s recent proposed
voting procedures announcement that would permit a majority of
workers who actually vote in union elections to decide the
election and stop assigning "no" votes to workers who do not
participate.
"Now that the NMB has announced that,
for the first time in recent years, airline employees seeking
union representation will have a chance for truly fair
elections, flight attendants at Northwest and Delta are excited
for that opportunity," said Patricia Friend, AFA-CWA
International President. "As the largest private sector union
election this year, we want this election at Delta Air Lines to
occur under the new democratic procedures and therefore are
withdrawing our single transportation
application."
If AFA-CWA did not withdraw the
petition, it is likely that the Delta flight attendants would be
voting during the NMB’s 60-day comment period with the
ballot count taking place just weeks, if not days, before the
final balloting rule is implemented. Since the NMB had yet to
respond to AFA-CWA’s initial application, an election for
the flight attendants had not been
scheduled.
"Employees seeking union representation
will now have the opportunity to have their voice heard and
their votes counted. We have a responsibility to withdraw our
application to not only protect the Northwest flight attendant
contract, but also to ensure that Delta flight attendants have
the opportunity to vote for AFA-CWA representation in the most
democratic of ways," added Friend.
For over 60
years, the Association of Flight Attendants has been serving as
the voice for flight attendants in the workplace, in the
aviation industry, in the media and on Capitol Hill. More than
50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines come together to form
AFA-CWA, the world’s largest flight attendant union. AFA
is part of the 700,000-member strong Communications Workers of
America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at www.afanet.org. | 
