Thu, Nov 05, 2009
IAM Claims Delta And Northwest Are Not Yet A Single
Carrier
The International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) on Friday withdrew the
single carrier application it filed with the National Mediation
Board (NMB) on behalf of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines'
fleet service employees on August 13, 2009. The withdrawal is in
response to Delta's insistence that fleet service representation
issues be resolved at the same time as passenger service and office
& clerical employees, whose single carrier applications have
yet to be filed.
"Delta has spent the last three months vigorously litigating
their position that the IAM cannot submit an application for fleet
service employees separately from the office & clerical and
passenger service employees," said IAM General Vice President
Robert Roach, Jr. "But Delta and Northwest are not yet a single
carrier for representation purposes in the office & clerical
and passenger service classifications. If the three separate crafts
or classes must be investigated simultaneously, as Delta and
Northwest insist, then the two carriers are not yet a single
transportation system for fleet service either and the IAM must
withdraw its application."
"The two airlines have also
repeatedly and falsely accused the Machinists union of not caring
about the employees for whom we have not yet filed a single carrier
application," continued Roach. "Based on Delta's efforts to poison
the mindset of employees, none of the employees can have a fair
election at this time. The IAM looks forward to filing single
carrier applications for fleet service, office & clerical and
passenger service classifications when the taint of Delta's conduct
has dissipated and each of those groups at Delta and Northwest are
functioning as a single transportation system."
A ruling by the NMB that the two carriers are operating as a
single carrier for a particular classification must occur before
union representation issues can be resolved for that
classification. The IAM's previous single carrier applications for
Delta and Northwest flight simulator technicians and plant
protection employees are not affected by the withdrawal of its
fleet service application. The IAM will also file for stores clerks
separately when both Northwest and Delta stores groups are
operating as a single carrier.
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