Board says Delta didn’t
interfere in union election
ATLANTA — The National Medi-
ation Board (NMB) has rejected
claims by the Association of Flight At-
tendants (AFA) that Delta Air Lines
Inc. interfered in a union representa-
tion election held in November 2010.
AFA, an affiliate of Communica-
tions Workers of America, fell 758
votes short out of nearly 19,000 ballots
cast in its bid to represent flight atten-
dants following the 2008 merger of
Northwest and Delta airlines. Federal
rules call for an automatic union elec-
tion if at least 35 percent of the com-
bined group is already represented by a
union. Northwest’s flight attendants
were unionized; Delta’s were not.
The union filed charges with the
National Mediation Board shortly af-
ter the election, claiming airline man-
agement interfered by pressuring flight
attendants to vote against the union.
Delta faces similar claims of inter-
ference by the Machinists Union in
separate elections for ramp workers,
cargo, and ticket agents.
Pilots were the only large group of
employees that voted to unionize. Pi-
lots at both Delta and Northwest were
unionized prior to the merger.
The Association of Flight Atten-
dants issued a statement that said in
part: “The National Mediation Board
PAGE 18
found that Delta urged flight attendants
to vote ‘no’ as the best way to support
another union, and also found evidence
of increased supervisor surveillance in
the workplace; that Delta misstated the
NMB’s decertification procedures; in-
cidents of supervisor threats against
union supporters; and most revealing,
that Delta ran ‘an aggressive campaign
against union representation.’ How-
ever, the Board concluded that this co-
ercive conduct did not affect the out-
come.
“It is a sad day indeed that it took
the NMB one year to do nothing,” AFA
said. “This is not democracy, not in
outcome nor process.”
The National Mediation Board is a
three-member panel that governs la-
bor-management relations in airlines
and railroads. The Board is comprised
of chairwoman Linda A. Puchala, a
former president of the Association of
Flight Attendants who was nominated
by President Barack Obama; Harry
Hoglander, a former executive vice
president of the Air Line Pilots Associ-
ation, who has served since 2002; and
Elizabeth Dougherty, who was a spe-
cial assistant to President George W.
Bush for domestic policy before being
nominated to the Board and confirmed
by the U.S. Senate in 2006.
EE
R
F
BARGAIN COUNTER
Free classified ads to subscribers
DEADLINE: Friday prior to publication
Published 1st and 3rd Fridays
Now accepting e-mails
Send to: Michael492@comcast.net
Mail to: NWLP, PO Box 13150, Portland OR 97213
(Please include union affiliation)
• 15-20 words • No commercial or business ads • 1 ad per issue
• All lower case (NO CAPITAL LETTERS, PLEASE) •
Ads MUST include area code or they will not be published
A UTOMOTIVE
les schwab studded snow tires,
195/75r14 on ford rims, $50. 503-887
5571
’06 silverado 1500 extended cab,
canopy, tow package, trailer break, 52,000
actual miles, $10,500. 503-637-5361
’04 chevy quad cab 2500 hd truck, 4"
lift, 83,000 miles, 6 liter, $17,000 obo. 360-
931-9005
H OUSING
rockaway ocean front 503-777-5076
http://home.comcast.net/~rockaway.beach
5 bdrm, 2 bath, call for fisherman’s special
lincoln city vacation rental, 3 bdrms, 2
bath, $100/night, slps 8, wi-fi, 2 blocks to
beach, 4 blocks to casino. 503-804-7976
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
rockaway beach rental, 3 bed, 2 bath,
sleeps 10, Jacuzzi, 5 min to beach/
shops.vacationhomerentals.com/43026.
two hundred or more acres, $750 per
acre. 1-541-468-2961 (spray, oregon)
F OR T HE H OME
bed fraMe, angle iron on rollers with
headboard, twin, $40 obo. 503-753-1714
dining table w/8 chairs, matching
hutch, good condition, $500 obo. 503-
888-1019
W ANTED
old woodworking tools, planes, lev-
els, chisels, handsaws, slicks, adzes,
wrenches, folding rulers, leather tools, tool
chests. 503-659-0009
Motorcycles, quads, tractors, boats,
musical instruments, cash paid, will pick
up. 503-880-8183
collector pays cash for older toys,
older oil paintings and older american art
pottery. 503 703-5952
lifelong collector buying us and
world coins to add to collection, paying
fairly, any amount welcome. 503-939-
8835
1911 colts, 1911 a-1 and M1 carbines
& all german pistols. 503-852-6791
M ISCELLANEOUS
infrared vent-free propane space
heater, nib, 25,000 btu, $250; 3 tanks,
25 gal, full, $110 ea. 503-314-7001 (12 to 5
p.m.)
Rain Forest Boots
Made in America!
try a pair on, you’ll like them.
S PORTING G OODS
browning 12ga pump, upland 22",
$420, oregon residents or ffl transfer
others, 503-953-6490
tough boots for the northwest.
al’s shoes
5811 sE 82nd, Portland 503-771-2130
Mon-Fri 10-7:30 Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-6
DECEMBER 16, 2011