JetBlue TrueBlue - IAMAW files with Mediation Board for union vote

Thought you jetBlue folks might find this interesting:


JetBlue Airways Corp., the largest U.S. airline without unions, may face an International Association of Machinists election to organize the carrier's baggage handlers.
The Machinists, which represents baggage handlers at Northwest Airlines Corp. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, filed with the National Mediation Board Tuesday for the election, said Joe Tiberi, a union spokesman. To call a vote, the board must certify that the Machinists collected signatures from at least 35 percent of the workers.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635204339,00.html

It will be interesting to see what happens here, but with at least 35% of that workforce having to agree to get a vote going and then 50% or more actually voting yes, odds are a union won't happen...jetBlue management loves to communicate directly with their people, instead of having outside parties do so. At crewmember orientation, they discuss the many negative aspects of having a union. Anything can happen, so we'll see.