Originally Posted by Widgets

I'm not saying Delta is right-sizing CVG to stop pro-union employees from organizing.

I'm saying that it looks better to slowly get CVG's numbers down over 6 years (retirements and transfers out while not hiring in) than it does to gut CVG immediately and much more harshly 6 years ago. The ongoing action makes Delta look as pro-labor as an un-unionized company can be. Delta held off lay-offs, encouraged benefitted retirement, is giving preference to impacted employees for transfers, and is offering to help impacted employees relocate easily.

I hear occasional talk about unions from airport customer service, flight attendants, and pilots, but I've never heard pro-union ACS conversations--just FAs and pilots. I'm not saying some ACS people want to be unionized; I'm just saying that I bet any effort by the IAM would fail miserably in today's culture. When the IAM tried getting the FAs onboard last year, I began noticing subtle (and blunt) marketing toward ACS employees against unions. I think Delta's being successful so far at keeping unions away from ACS. Whether I think that's good or bad, I won't say.