I guess the attrition didn't work out. I, too, thought they had made these cuts already.
Originally Posted by
AAerSTL
CVG really isn't a large enough force in the DL system to justify that in isolation, at least. If anything it's a combination of DTW/MSP hubs, line stations, and malcontented employees at PMDL hubs who have been pushing for the IAM. If the IAM knew how to effectively run a campaign for DL (and B6) employees they would have been certified years ago. The IAM hasn't realized the tactics at NW, TW, and UAL no longer and will not work at DL. They haven't changed their organizing approach. And it would be against the law if it was discovered DL was closing this operation at CVG because of employee interest in organizing. Airlines and other employers certainly have taking action like this, but it's against the law.
Utterly false. CVG is not union, and not in union negotiations. DL and any other company can cut employee levels whether they're union or not.
Reality time:
As much as you may hAAte it, the downsizing at CVG has nothing to do with organized labor. Those employees are not, have never been, nor wish to be, unionized. Furthermore, DL employee groups have voted against representation time and time again...and it hasn't been close. Why? Because they're better paid, have better working conditions, and
because they're non-union, they don't have to put up with lazy and incompetent co-workers that the union would "protect" at the expense of good employees.
DL employees by and large aren't "malcontented" and it shows in their voting. There will always be some bad apples (mostly from pmNW) who want it to go back to the "old days", but thankfully they're a smaller and smaller minority every year. I'm sure the IAM will continue to waste its other paying member's dues to pursue DL (and other companies), but they'll continue to fail.
You should stick to AA if you want mAAlcontent employees!
Topic for another thread, but unions failed *themselves* in the 70s-80s. They got greedy and decided that instead of holding their own members accountable, providing a skilled/trained workforce and negotiating in good faith; they'd rather try to hold companies hostage in a race to the bottom. Didn't work out so well for them. Negative value to the company + negative value to the employees = Union membership down 75% in the last 35 years.
Note: I say all of this as a former IAM member. The IAM is a pathetic joke. Anyone who's looking for a union should find a better union.