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Largest US flight attendant union targets Delta cabin crews
Source: CNBC
Largest US flight attendant union targets Delta cabin crews
PUBLISHED FRI, NOV 1 2019 2:00 PM EDT UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Leslie Josephs
@LESLIEJOSEPHS
The biggest flight attendant union in the U.S. on Friday said it is starting a membership drive at Delta Air Lines, the biggest U.S. airline with nonunionized cabin crews.
Delta has some 25,000 flight attendants, the company said this year.
The drive by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which also represents flight attendants at United and Spirit, comes amid an emboldening of rank-and-file employees, clamoring for a bigger piece of corporate profits. The recent 40-day strike of 48,000 union members at General Motors ended with a new contract that included $11,000 ratification bonuses.
The AFA’s unionization drive also coincides with a big hiring spree by Delta. The company said last month that it wants to hire 12,000 people through 2020.
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PUBLISHED FRI, NOV 1 2019 2:00 PM EDT UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Leslie Josephs
@LESLIEJOSEPHS
The biggest flight attendant union in the U.S. on Friday said it is starting a membership drive at Delta Air Lines, the biggest U.S. airline with nonunionized cabin crews.
Delta has some 25,000 flight attendants, the company said this year.
The drive by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which also represents flight attendants at United and Spirit, comes amid an emboldening of rank-and-file employees, clamoring for a bigger piece of corporate profits. The recent 40-day strike of 48,000 union members at General Motors ended with a new contract that included $11,000 ratification bonuses.
The AFA’s unionization drive also coincides with a big hiring spree by Delta. The company said last month that it wants to hire 12,000 people through 2020.
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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/largest-us-flight-attendant-union-starts-membership-drive-at-delta.html
