BIRDS OF A FEATHER
SLC RAMP AGENTS NOW HAVE NORTHWEST EMPLOYEE NUMBERS
MANY WONDER WHEN THEY WILL RECEIVE UNION BENEFITS

The NW Airbuses and the Mesaba regional jets started to arrive in SLC almost the day after the merger was announced. We took over the handling of all Northwest aircraft and the contractors got their marching orders to get lost. Wow! It wasn’t even pretty or cordial.

Does everyone now understand what is going to happen to all of us should the contracts disappear? Delta has no loyalty to anyone. We are just a number to them. The bean counters do not measure the worth or value of accumulated knowledge. They simply see people and workers as a number and a cost. They say to themselves; why pay 500 people top dollar when we can hire Ready Reserve new hires at bottom dollar to do the same job?

Sometimes we must denigrate people who disagree with us. We must ask them what is keeping Delta from dismissing long serving, benefited employees and replacing them with new hires.

Right now…nothing except Northwest’s union contracts. That’s it, period!

There are so many Delta workers around our system who ignore the realities of corporate decisions and prefer to see only what is comfortable to them. You can find them everywhere and they will tell you that what happens elsewhere is merely a move to save money and solidify Delta’s bottom line.

It’s amazing how shortsighted they are and why they don’t understand that any move against one of us is a move against all of us. They don’t see it; especially the workers in Atlanta.

ATL workers know that there is a real and growing threat to the Atlanta hub because of the worsening economy. We hope that Atlanta workers realize that Delta has options beyond Mecca.

Do you know Memphis is waiting to take over half of the connecting traffic through Atlanta? Friends in Atlanta, are you paying attention or are you allowing yourselves to be lulled to sleep by this new outsider management team comprised mainly from ex-Northwest managers?

This is not your airline anymore and your city has no power to save your jobs. You all need to reconsider what unions can do for you should things get messy. You should realize that you have no friends at the corporate level and MSP is not a bad place to situate a head quarters for the biggest airline in the world.

Don’t be duped by this process. Where do you think Richard Anderson’s main home is? It’s not in Atlanta!