Unlike Southwest, United, and American airlines, which have been organized, Delta is a rabidly anti-union company, led by CEO Ed Bastian. Delta’s workers, who number in the tens of thousands, and include ramp workers, mechanics and flight attendants, remain without union representation. The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the Machinists and the Teamsters are working together to organize the Delta workers. As workers picketed and many Delta employees suffered in sweltering heat and endured majorly disruptive computer shutdowns, Bastian was in Paris, enjoying the Olympics.
Read the full story by Mark Gruenberg for People’s World, published here: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-delta-ceo-flies-to-paris-workers-sweat-through-grounding/
