August 18 – 22. Click here for schedule and locations.
Prepare NOW for Delta's Anti-Union Rhetoric
Delta executives don't want flight attendants to organize because with professional representation we have collective bargaining rights. Executives would have to negotiate with flight attendants over the terms of pay, benefits and working conditions. Management prefers to keep that control for themselves! This is why Delta executives portray AFA as an outside party – they want Delta flight attendants to forget that when they join AFA, they become the union – just as Northwest flight attendants are AFA – and have rights that are only protected with a union contract. Click on the image above to read from the "anti-union playbook" that Delta management has been following for years to prevent their flight attendants from having a say in their own future. Our MEC encourages all of us to prepare ourselves for this onslaught of disturbing misinformation about union representation in advance of a merger, and to recognize the subterfuge already in play at Northwest Airlines. Northwest Experience, anyone? Or perhaps a Julie Showers/Joanne Smith World Tour?
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Voter Registration Information Week
Pilots Ratify Joint CBA
On August 11, ALPA pilots at both Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines elected to ratify a tentative agreement reached in pre-merger negotiations. Voting at each airline was conducted separately, with ratification at both chapters needed for final approval. Union leadership at Northwest and Delta ALPA recommended ratification by the general membership.
The joint collective bargaining agreement (JCBA) contains a process for expedited seniority integration arbitration should the parties fail to reach agreement using the normal ALPA merger policy. That letter of agreement in the JCBA will allow for the resolution of open seniority issues to be arbitrated by a three-member panel, with the award to be determined no later than November 20, 2008. The JCBA will become effective upon date of corporate closing of a merger, and will become amendable on December 31, 2012.
From the Delta ALPA website: “Out of 6231 eligible Delta pilots, 5120, or 82.17 percent cast their vote. Of those, 3161, or 61.74 percent voted “In Favor” of the agreement. Out of 4371 eligible Northwest pilots, 3535, or 80.87 percent cast their vote. Of those, 3067, or 86.76 percent voted “In Favor” of the agreement.”
For further information, please visit the DAL ALPA or NWA ALPA websites.
PBS Bid Deadline: 0900 CDT August 13
The deadline for PBS bidding is 0900 CDT August 13 for the September bid month.
Please remember to enter a valid SLIC bid in addition to your PBS bid.
Also, be sure to click the “Submit Bid” button before logging out of the system.
PBS instructors are available at each base until the bid deadline (check schedules at individual bases); PBS seminars are scheduled throughout the system in August (click here for schedules).