Originally Posted by
thezipper
Here's what's taken from the Merger Agreement docs (pg 82) I got yesterday... (bolding mine) Though it sounds like if 15,000 DL FA's + 8,000 NW FA's "merge" and have a vote to decide union representation... and it gets voted down (eg. all DL FA's say no), then NW's union representation would be terminated... just a guess tho...
That's the way the law works, but one can remove some of the ifs:
If NW & DL merge,
then the FA work groups
will merge
and there
will be an election or signature card drive to determine union representation of the combined group. There's a simple threshhold, noted on a CWA site:
Under current NMB rules, when one non-union work group merges with a union group, if 35 percent of combined workforce has union representation or signs a union card, a union election will automatically be called. That vote is expected to occur in early 2009.
In one of those 'Which Side are You On?' questions, one can view this as an opportunity to drive out the NW FA union, or to pull the DL FAs into the union embrace.
To answer hazelrah's question, other NW union groups will work under existing contracts to the modification date (if not reaching a new agreement with DL), with a call for an election as noted above.