Representation Resolved for Office and Clerical

On December 27, 2010 the NMB issued its decision dismissing the IAM's application for representation of the post-merger Office and Clerical employees effective immediately. This decision allowed Delta to move forward with the process of aligning pay, benefits (including Delta's industry-leading profit sharing program) and work rules for these employees beginning January 1, 2011.

As Delta has done with all representational elections that have been resolved, they are bringing the pre-merger Northwest Office and Clerical employees up to the superior Delta package as quickly as possible, with pay and benefits being increased by the very next pay period.

In related news, Delta CEO Richard Anderson reported in his January 6, 2011 “Right from Richard” message that if AFA withdraws its bogus interference charges before February 14, 2011, Delta will be able to not only improve pay benefits and work rules IMMEDIATELY for the pre-merger Northwest flight attendants, but also pay us the vastly superior profit sharing that they will be paying the pre-merger Delta flight attendants.

Remember, AFA has cost each and every former Northwest flight attendant – on average - $1,000 per month in pay, benefits and flexibility (including being able to transfer to the bases that are still closed to us), for each and every month that they delayed the representational election, and for each and every month that they continue to forestall their inevitable and undeniable loss of the Delta flight attendants.

It is time for Veda Shook to recognize the results of our democratically conducted vote, as certified by the NMB, and withdraw AFA’s desperate and bogus interference charges immediately.

Sincerely,
Jose Arturo Ibarra