Is There A Union For Sore Losers?

Today, the national flight attendants’ union released its latest attack on Delta airlines, filing a lawsuit on behalf of a group of disgruntled former Northwest Airlines flight attendants now working for Delta after the two airlines merged. The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) claims that the air giant did not include the former Northwest employees fully in its profit-sharing plan because they were unionized before the merger.

Of the charges, AFA President Veda Shook says, “Delta is punishing Northwest Flight Attendants for their long history of collective bargaining. Delta management’s actions are shameful and undemocratic.”

This frivolous lawsuit is only the latest AFA attack on Delta. After the merger with Northwest all Delta flight attendants – including those formerly unionized under Northwest – held an election to decide whether to join the union, and voted to remain non-unionized. The AFA immediately launched multiple election interference charges, which have not been found valid.

Apparently, the AFA only cares about preserving democracy when the election goes their way.

The AFA’s actions are perfectly in line with the push by national labor unions and the Obama Administration to circumvent votes they can’t win, all in the name of fairness and equality. A National Review op-ed details the administration’s desperation to prevent the erosion of labor unions in the face of increasing state-level pressure, by hook or by crook. The Employee “Free” Choice Act (EFCA) fails in Congress? No problem, they’ll just push private-sector unionization through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) instead. Congress won’t force employers to post unionizing notices in the workplace? No sweat, NLRB head Craig Becker announces the National Labor Relations Act requiring all employers to post the notices. The House or Senate would never consider forcibly unionizing railroad or airline workers, not a worry. The National Mediation Board (NMB) overturns nearly a century of labor policy and throws out the window rules requiring a majority of the workforce to vote in favor of a collective bargaining unit.

The AFA and NMB can claim that they’re doing it all for the little guy, but the little guys elected the representatives that voted these measures down or would never seriously consider them. Instead it seems like they’re in this to fill Democratic campaign coffers, and are willing to do it by any means necessary.