Sixty percent?
The Machinists’ Blind Ambition tour of base visits is currently underway and they have been making a lot of noise about their claim that 60% of active Delta employees have signed cards calling for a representational election. There are a few problems with that claim:- It’s not verifiable and it never will be. Besides the Machinists organizers in Washington, only the National Mediation Board will have access to the signed authorization cards. Even if the NMB schedules the representation election, the Board will not release the number of valid cards it received.
- The Machinists have been sketchy and dodgy in all of their other campaign complaints and claims. We have no reason to believe they would be any less dishonest with regard to the actual percentage of cards filed.
- Their own numbers have shifted. Early numbers from IAM campaigners were that they had cards from 53% of flight attendants, then it was 57% , then it got rounded up to 60%, and finally some IAM staffers were claiming it was 70% “and counting”.
- Many flight attendants are reporting that they signed cards under duress, that new hires were approached by Machinists during training and that some IAM table sitters told flight attendants that signing a card just meant you wanted “to receive information about the IAM” and had nothing to do with calling for an election.
Falsely claiming that they are “the majority” without verification through a democratic balloting process is just another falsehood in a long line of IAM lies.
Make no mistake about this: The IAM campaign will continue to perpetuate lies and divisiveness (e.g. 60% against 40%) if they win the election (if it’s even called in the first place). Only now they want you to pay for this “service”. Is this really a good use of $70 per month in dues?
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Sincerely,
Jose Arturo Ibarra
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