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| NMB mulls new airline union proposal |
| National Mediation Board, a U.S. federal labor-management relations agency, is considering a proposal to allow airline workers to form unions with the majority approval of those voting, Bloomberg news agency said, citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reports.
AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation had asked the board for a rule change that would base the outcome of union elections at airlines on the number of votes cast instead of on the majority of eligible members of a worker group. Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N), which bought Northwest Airlines in October 2008 to form the world's biggest carrier, has opposed the AFL-CIO's request for a rule change. "It's been our sincere hope that the National Mediation Board would look at our recommendations favorably," Edward Wytkind, head of the AFL-CIO's transportation trades department, told Bloomberg. The National Mediation Board could not be immediately reached for a comment by Reuters outside of U.S. business hours. (This item was distributed Oct. 29, 2009, by Reuters.) |
| October 29, 2009 |
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