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Union Organizing
Baggage handlers at PDX vote to join Machinists Union
Workers at ABM Onsite Services West cite low wages, lack of training, and job safety
Union Organizing
Delta remains non-union as fourth group votes to reject unionization
Delta Air Lines customer service workers voted Dec. 7 not to join the Machinists. It was the fourth major union defeat at Delta since heavily unionized Northwest Airlines merged into largely nonunion Delta. Altogether, unions stood to gain 34,000 new members, but instead lost 17,000 existing members.
Union Organizing
Machinists Union loses Delta elections; complaint filed
In a pair of votes in November, the Machinists lost a campaign to represent 13,800 Delta Air Lines workers. The votes follow on the heels of a Nov. 3 loss by Association of Flight Attendants among 20,000 Delta flight attendants.
Union Organizing
Delta flight attendants say ‘no’ to union
In votes counted Nov. 3, Delta Air Lines flight attendants chose not to be represented by Association of Flight Attendants. It was Delta flight attendants’ third unionization vote in a decade.
