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For Immediate Release: September 13, 2012
Contact: Corey Caldwell 202-434-0586
Delta Connection Flight Attendants To Vote On Strike
Washington, DC – Leadership of the Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA (AFA) at Compass Airlines today called for a
strike vote, following 31 months of negotiations that have
failed to reach an agreement. Contract talks began in March 2010
and negotiations have been in mediation since October 2011,
under the jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board (NMB).
“Compass Flight Attendants are determined to reach an agreement
that provides fair wages, working conditions and benefits. It is
time Flight Attendants have a contract that recognizes our work
as first responders. Compass Flight Attendants will not settle
for a substandard contract – we need a living wage,” said
Catriona Bagley, AFA President at Compass. “We are committed to
making the company a top-of-the-industry performer, but
management continues to stall progress for our airline. Compass
management has repeatedly declined, delayed, or cancelled
available dates for negotiations. Management chose a path that
led to this strike authorization vote. If management continues
to choose obstruction over cooperation, then they should be
prepared for CHAOS™.”
Under the Railway Labor Act, airline negotiations must continue
unless the NMB declares an impasse. Arbitration may be offered,
but if declined by the parties, a 30-day cooling off period is
announced after which the Flight Attendants may strike. CHAOS,
or Create Havoc Around Our System™, is AFA’s trademarked strike
strategy that can disrupt airline travel via intermittent work
stoppages, without notice.
Compass, a Delta Connection carrier, provides approximately 190
daily flights to over 50 Delta Air Lines destinations. Compass
Airlines is a wholly owned by Trans States Holdings of St. Louis
and is headquartered in Minneapolis.
The Association of Flight Attendants is the world’s largest
Flight Attendant union. Focused 100 percent on Flight Attendant
issues, AFA has been the leader in advancing the Flight
Attendant profession for 67 years. Serving as the voice for
Flight Attendants in the workplace, in the aviation industry, in
the media and on Capitol Hill, AFA has transformed the Flight
Attendant profession by raising wages, benefits and working
conditions. Nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants and retired members
come together to form AFA, part of the 700,000-member strong
Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFL-CIO. Visit us at
www.afacwa.org and
www.rafa-cwa.org .
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