Last weekend, Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants and Cargo Workers rallied in St. Paul, Minnesota as part of their push for a Union Election. In-flight Crew Members are organizing to join the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA) while Ramp, Cargo and Tower Workers are seeking representation from the International Association of Machinists (IAM). Delta is the only U.S.-based carrier where Flight Attendants, Fleet Service and Mechanics do not have Union Representation. Only 20% of Delta Workers are Union Members. Colleen Schwartz, who’s on the Delta AFA-CWA Organizing Committee, had been a Union Member at a previous job. She said: “There’s a lot of differences, so I had much better health care at my last airline. I had much better work rules. The biggest difference is that we had a contract, so you know your executives have a contract, so why don’t I have a contract. My job is protected by a contract. Without Delta being Unionized, it’s just really holding everybody else back in the whole industry.”

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