Winning together?
If you were to look at Richard Anderson’s iPod I’m sure his play list of favorite songs would
include,” Mind Games” and “Backstabbers”. Since Delta has been issued their single operating
certifi cate, not a single day goes by without some new issue popping up that has questionable
motives behind it. The IAM was told by Delta they would honor our contract until we resolve our
representational issues. I’m not sure what their defi nition of honor is, but in locations where we
have NWA employees and Delta uses a vendor, we were told they would operate separately until
we can resolve representation issues.
Since we withdrew our petition for the representation election it has been anything but honor. As we move forward it is impossible to get anything in writing to try and fi gure out what is in the pipeline. We have to rely on our members telling us what was said or rumored, and when you call them to inquire about what’s planned, you get vague answers like, “before we can move forward there are processes that need to be completed.” They are just trying to divide and conquer us through psychology tactics. For example the promised pay increases in October of 2010 to all non contract employees. Make no mistake every move made by the “Atlanta Kremlin” is precisely calculated and ripped from the same playbook of union busting history they have used on everyone over the years for anyone who has tried to organize them. This time we aren’t going away until we use every resource at our disposal to secure a victory.
So far in 2010 it hasn’t been a bad year for the top three haters. On February 1, 2010 Richard Anderson, Chief Executive Offi cer of Delta Air Lines was issued 84,595 shares at $12.63 per share equaling $1,068,434. On February 2, 2010 he received another 5000 shares at market value, and again on February 4, 2010 he was issued 357,945 shares. Market value is determined by the average share price in a 12 month period. Michael Campbell, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations was issued on February 1, 2010, 15,139 shares at $12.63 per share equaling $191,205; then again on February 4, 2010 he received another 97,280 shares at market value. Ed Bastian, President of Delta and Chief Executive Offi cer of NWA was issued on February 1, 2010, 38,875 shares at $12.63 equaling $490,991, and again on February 4, 2010, another 211,028 shares at market value. Not bad for a company that lost 1.9 billion in 2009, while the employees of both pre merger NWA and Delta work under concessionary agreements.
If you were to look at Richard Anderson’s iPod I’m sure his play list of favorite songs would
include,” Mind Games” and “Backstabbers”. Since Delta has been issued their single operating
certifi cate, not a single day goes by without some new issue popping up that has questionable
motives behind it. The IAM was told by Delta they would honor our contract until we resolve our
representational issues. I’m not sure what their defi nition of honor is, but in locations where we
have NWA employees and Delta uses a vendor, we were told they would operate separately until
we can resolve representation issues.
Since we withdrew our petition for the representation election it has been anything but honor. As we move forward it is impossible to get anything in writing to try and fi gure out what is in the pipeline. We have to rely on our members telling us what was said or rumored, and when you call them to inquire about what’s planned, you get vague answers like, “before we can move forward there are processes that need to be completed.” They are just trying to divide and conquer us through psychology tactics. For example the promised pay increases in October of 2010 to all non contract employees. Make no mistake every move made by the “Atlanta Kremlin” is precisely calculated and ripped from the same playbook of union busting history they have used on everyone over the years for anyone who has tried to organize them. This time we aren’t going away until we use every resource at our disposal to secure a victory.
So far in 2010 it hasn’t been a bad year for the top three haters. On February 1, 2010 Richard Anderson, Chief Executive Offi cer of Delta Air Lines was issued 84,595 shares at $12.63 per share equaling $1,068,434. On February 2, 2010 he received another 5000 shares at market value, and again on February 4, 2010 he was issued 357,945 shares. Market value is determined by the average share price in a 12 month period. Michael Campbell, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations was issued on February 1, 2010, 15,139 shares at $12.63 per share equaling $191,205; then again on February 4, 2010 he received another 97,280 shares at market value. Ed Bastian, President of Delta and Chief Executive Offi cer of NWA was issued on February 1, 2010, 38,875 shares at $12.63 equaling $490,991, and again on February 4, 2010, another 211,028 shares at market value. Not bad for a company that lost 1.9 billion in 2009, while the employees of both pre merger NWA and Delta work under concessionary agreements.