Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Reject Union

By JOSHUA FREED 2010-11-03T18:35:57Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Flight attendants at Delta Air Lines Inc. are going non-union....

(Reuters) - Flight attendants of Compass Airlines, a feeder service for Delta Air Lines Inc , said they sought arbitration by the National Mediation Board (NMB) that will allow them to strike if management fails to negotiate a new agreement. The flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), said if the NMB grants its request and agrees that management has refused to make significant movement, negotiations will be declared deadlocked leading to a "cooling off" period and a strike deadline. ...

Delta Air Lines says its flight attendants have voted to forego union representation.

Flight attendants at Delta Air Lines rejected a union push in the first leg of a massive labor organizing drive at the world's second-largest airline by traffic.

(Reuters) - The union representing flight attendants at US Airways Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to take a strike vote after its members twice rejected a proposed contract with the carrier this year. The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said the strike poll will run from October 31 to November 20. The present US Airways, which has about 6,700 flight attendants, was formed from a 2005 merger with America West Airlines. ...

Federal labor mediators upheld a disputed union election at Delta Air Lines, turning aside claims that management interference prompted flight attendants to reject labor representation.

The union for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines Inc. unit Northwest Airlines is suing Delta, saying the new managers are breaking their contract, the Associated Press reports Thursday.

Half a dozen flight attendants at Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the airline over pay, part of a broader dispute over hotly contested unionization elections.