This is the airline industry — getting reassigned, rerouted or flown into your day off happens. But it doesn’t have to “just happen.”
Without a contract, Delta management has total control to set the rules and change them on a dime in the actual operation – as many of us experienced over the Christmas, New Years, and even this weekend.
You’ve likely heard about the potential of disruptions to air travel in late December as AT&T and Verizon were cleared by FCC to turn on their 5G spectrum networks on January 5th. The problem is potential interference with aircraft instrumentation that is used for navigation, especially in low visibility situations.
Health and safety in the workplace is often the driving issue for organizing union representation. That's because no paycheck matters if you don't have your life or your health. Especially in times of COVID, this is the top of mind.
As we reflect on 2021 and look forward to 2022, let’s make a commitment to one another: 2022 will be the year that we secure our union at Delta Air Lines!
If we learned anything in 2021, it’s that we can only protect the jobs we love and ourselves if we have a legally-binding contract and a say in our workplace. From healthcare surcharges to denying raises to “testing” new report times, Delta management has shown time and again that they can—and will—change our work rules whenever they please.
After an operational meltdown and pressure from Delta Flight Attendants organizing with AFA, management announced late last night IPY for all trips through December 26, no matter how they were assigned (scheduled, A Day, or Pickup). We didn’t need 48 hours of hell to make this happen.
It’s Christmas Eve 2021 and management is cancelling hundreds of flights claiming “disruptions from Omicron.” Delta has cancelled 157 flights, 7% of the operation as of 12pm Eastern.
After an operational meltdown and 