General Vice President Robert Roach Jr. sends letter to
Richard Anderson on Delta union employee raises

Yesterday, February 4, 2010 you issued a letter stating that the October 2010 pay raises would only be provided to non-contract employees. One reason you gave for not providing it to contract employees was that you contend you "have continued to honor the packages of pay, benefits and work rules provided for in the contracts still in place in workgroups where representation has not yet been resolved." Yet, the lAM has already advised you that there are no restrictions in the IAM-NWA collective bargaining agreements preventing raises above the minimum amounts listed in the contracts. Indeed, in 1999 when you were CEO of Northwest Airlines, you had no problem raising the wages of IAM-represented Mechanic and Related employees in the middle of a representation dispute. Therefore, you are certainly aware that you can apply these raises to contract employees as well.

To be clear, in the event that there is any lingering misunderstanding, the lAM's consistent position· is that there is nothing in our collective bargaining agreements that prohibits management from raising our members' salaries above the minimum rates set forth in those contracts.

If you are serious about bringing standards up for all your employees, these raises should apply to all employees - contract and non-contract alike, notwithstanding your gamesmanship of announcing these increases, which do not take effect until eight months from now, on the first full day of representation voting for Simulator Technicians.

Sincerely,
Robert Roach, Jr.
General Vice President