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National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined union leaders and Delta Air Lines employees in Atlanta to show strong support for their growing campaign to unionize. The visit was part of the AFL-CIO’s national “Better In A Union” bus tour. The goal of the bus tour is to lift up working people across the country who are organizing for better jobs, contracts, and respect on the job.
President Shuler met with the IAM Union, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) and Delta workers who are fighting for a union on the job.
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Delta Air Lines is the only U.S.-based mainline carrier where a union does not represent flight attendants, fleet service, and mechanics – only 20 percent of Delta workers are unionized. Delta produced nearly double the profits of other U.S. airlines in pre-pandemic years, and the airline is on a path to record profitability again.
The IAM recently responded to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, ordering Delta Air Lines to pay $8.1 million to settle alleged False Claims Act violations related to the Payroll Support Program. This settlement confirms what the IAM has said since 2020—Delta Air Lines took billions in taxpayer-funded relief money under the condition that workers’ jobs, pay and benefits would be protected, and then violated that agreement.
“Delta workers are tired of being left behind while the airline earns billions,” said IAM Union International President Brian Bryant. “I want to thank President Shuler for encouraging the Delta workers to keep up the fight for fairness and a seat at the table.”
Delta workers are ready to secure a union and a contract so that they can keep their share of the profits they create in the communities where they live and work.
“Delta workers are leading one of the biggest labor campaigns in the country,” said IAM Union Air Transport General Vice President Richie Johnsen. “They are not just organizing for themselves. They are raising the bar for every worker in our nation. We are proud to continue this fight for the respect and dignity they deserve.”
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Earlier in the day, Labor leaders and union members in Atlanta gathered at the Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 613’s Union Hall for a Workers Over Billionaires rally as part of the AFL-CIO’s nationwide bus tour.
