Delta Threatens To Leave US If It Doesn't Get It's Union Busting FAA Rule

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/08/08/did-delta-boss-threaten-to-fly-the-coop-or-just-blow-hot-air/

Does somebody actually advise the chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines or does he just wing it when he talks tough like he did recently on Fox News?

In a fawning interview earlier this summer with anchorman, Neil Cavuto, Anderson sounded an awful lot like he was threatening to take his big ole Atlanta-based airline out of the country if those Obama liberals didn't stop messin' around with his nearly-non-union shop. Or that's how it sounded to me anyway. His PR department says otherwise. The full clip is below so you can decide for yourself.


Anderson is grumpy because of a change in labor policy that makes it easier for union organizers to win elections.

To understand what's changed you need to know that in the past, when employees were presented with the option of joining a union it wasn't just the "yes" votes and the "no" votes that were counted. The number of people who did not vote was tallied too and those non-votes were considered "no" votes. The philosophy behind this somewhat odd practice is to make sure that a majority of all employees vote for the change, giving a voice even to those workers who don't want one enough to actually cast a vote.

I'm not going to weigh in on whether this is right or just, because some folks already did. The National Mediation Board in 2010 ruled that in all labor organizing efforts for employees covered by the National Railway Labor Act, and that includes aviation workers, only active votes would be counted, non votes would not.

This ladies and gents, is the issue behind the two week suspension in FAA funding that saw workers laid off and progress on aviation projects like Next Gen, put on hold. The Delta boss was cited specifically by Sen. Jay Rockefeller as being the force putting the fiber in the Republicans. "I wish I understood why the policy objections of one company -- Delta Air Lines -- mattered more than the livelihoods of thousands of people," the senator said during the dust-up last week.

FULL story at link.

[sakabatou]

1. Delta can go fuck itself.

[TeamsterDem]

2. What a fucking asshole. nt

[tularetom]

3. Buh bye, Delta don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

Where else in the world are they going to get the kind of breaks they get here?

[dana_b]

4. here is his e-mail address: [e-mail]

I would suggest we all drop him a note. :)

[obxhead]

5. Let 'em go.

I say hand them their hat and push them out the door. Serve them notice their airline will not be flying in US air space at the same time. Lets see how they like having to obey all those European regulations in their new business model.

[Booster]

6. File under: Who cares if Delta leaves? Also in the same file as

the asswipe guy who runs Dish Network. He said his company would not try to bring in lower-income people because they're looking for a better class of people. Unfortunately, I just got Dish Network and I'd like to tell him I'm looking for a better class of service. I'll be changing again as soon as I can find another company.

[ATLdemocrat]

7. So tired of this Galt BS

As if Delta's the only choice when it comes to flying. I love it how these companies threaten to go Galt and then if, and it's always a big if, they do, no one even notices.

[patrice]

8. K&R