http://wearedeltafa.com/another_iam_lie
The last thing we need from the IAM is a campaign flyer with a bold-faced lie, but that's what we got with [/size]this whopper of a flyer that is supposed to be "setting the record straight".[/size]
Here's a quote
straight from the flyer:
When we gain IAM representation, Delta Corporate could conduct any Flight Attendant survey it wants.
That sounds reasonable, until you read
this article from the Star Tribune. The article is titled "Two Northwest unions object to survey seeking employee views" and it was written when the Delta-Northwest merger was under way. The article describes the IAM's response to an employee survey issued jointly by Delta and Northwest.
If you read the article, you'll notice the following quotes, which stand in sharp contrast to the quote from the flyer:
Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) urged their 12,500 Northwest members not to participate in the survey
The IAM leaders characterized the survey as management's "latest divide-and-conquer scheme."
Don't be fooled by the Machinists and their supporters. They want us to believe that the relationship we enjoy with Delta will not change if we join the IAM, but their past actions speak louder than the lies and half-truths that they print on their flyers. If we invite the Machinists into our company, they will throw a wrench into that relationship, twisting it and ruining it to serve their own purposes. After all, if we continue to have good relations with management, why would we keep the IAM around?
To get a good preview of a future with the Machinists in place at Delta, read this quote from the end of the Star Tribune article:
Kevin Cashman, a Minneapolis-based expert in company cultures, said, "The survey in itself is not positive or negative. The issue here is the lack of trust in the [Northwest] culture between unions and management."
We have never had that lack of trust at Delta, and we don't need it now.