The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) is attempting, for the fourth time, to become the sole representative of Delta flight attendants, who have previously rejected AFA representation in 2002, 2008, and 2010. AFA currently represents approximately 50,000 flight attendants at United, Alaska, Spirit, and other airlines.
Every Delta employee has the right to choose or reject union representation. Delta has not only the right, but the responsibility, to make sure our flight attendants have the facts: both the benefits of what we have today, and the potential impact AFA could have on our future.
Before you decide to choose or reject AFA representation, here are some things to consider and know about Delta and AFA:
Negotiations are not as simple or quick as AFA makes them seem.
The negotiations process can take years – not quite as quick as AFA likes to claim. Negotiations in the airline industry are complex and lengthy, and AFA has never negotiated a first contract for a workgroup of our size. No one knows how long it would take for 28,000 Delta flight attendants.
*Length of time since contract negotiations began and a contract was ratified at other notable airlines.
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