Delta chief exec claims some workers harassed by unions

pioneer press ^ | 4-2-10 | harry weber

[WOBBLY BOB]

ATLANTA — The chief of the world's biggest airline is encouraging his employees to call police if they feel threatened by union representatives he says are showing up at their homes unannounced.

Delta Air Lines' two biggest work groups — ground workers and flight attendants — have yet to resolve representation following Delta's 2008 acquisition of Eagan-based Northwest Airlines. Both groups were nonunion at pre-merger Delta, but union at pre-merger Northwest.

Ground workers include gate, reservation and ticket agents and ramp and cargo workers. Along with flight attendants, they number roughly 50,000 employees at Delta, a spokeswoman has said.

CEO Richard Anderson told employees in a recorded message Thursday that some workers claim International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers representatives have frightened their spouses or children and, in some cases, blocked their driveways, preventing them from leaving.

"Conduct like this is harassment. It's wrong," Anderson said. "This is not how we treat people at Delta."

[Lazamataz]

I would just get on the porch, wearing body armor and a sidearm, and clean my shotgun over and over.

Then start laughing maniacally for no particular reason.

[70th Division]

Have your video camera ready. Record everything. Or a pocket recorder. I carry one. I use it for my job but a recording is priceless.

[Lurker]

I would just get on the porch, wearing body armor and a sidearm, and clean my shotgun over and over. Then start laughing maniacally for no particular reason.

So pretty much like every other day then. Right?

[Lazamataz]

Pretty much.

[dusttoyou]

I am so disappointed that none of this shite happens to me. What fun it could be.

[From The Deer Stand]

"This is not how we treat people at Delta."

This is how unions treat people at Delta, and elsewhere.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Flying the Union Skies—Labor tries an end run around the law to organize Delta.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703298004574455534179834894.html

[sionnsar]

"This is not how we treat people at Delta."
This is how unions treat people at Delta, and elsewhere.

Post Of The Day!

[Vaduz]

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers representatives.Names and addresses so they can umm receive visitors too.