Posted on 03/18/2018 9:22:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Nearly 5,000 JetBlue flight attendants will start voting Monday in an effort to join the Transport Workers Union.
Ballots will be cast electronically or by phone in an election that will run until April 17.
The National Mediation Board is overseeing the election.
According to the TWU, an “overwhelming majority” of flight attendants last year signed cards declaring they wanted to unionize. […]
JetBlue was not receptive to the TWU’s efforts to unionize its flight attendants.
Inviting a “third-party” union was a bad idea, the airline wrote in flyers and emails to staffers in September.
“TWU is an opportunistic and negative third party,” the corporate messaging said. …
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Dont join the TWU they have zero spine when Pan Am went out of business the union refused to help all the laid off mechanics in there fight with the PBGC because as it wa put to us you guys dont pay dues why should we support you ex workers......If you need a union go join the Teamsters they back there people up theu gave us millons when we fought the PBGC.....
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