Facts—Post-filing Q & A

Absolutely not. IAM members at almost every airline have negotiated and receive profit sharing. In fact, IAM members at Southwest, Alaska, United and Hawaiian Airlines receive generous profit-sharing/incentive pay.

We fully expect the National Mediation Board (NMB)—a federal agency—to order a representation election with the next four to six weeks.


Once the NMB orders the vote, it will announce the voting period (the dates the vote will take place). Typically, the voting period will begin two weeks after the NMB orders the election. For a group our size, the NMB typically schedules a six week voting period.


The NMB—a federal agency in Washington D.C.—will conduct the vote.


The NMB will mail confidential voting instructions to each eligible voter to the address he or she has on file with Delta Air Lines. The voting instructions will contain a personal/confidential “access code.” When the voting period begins, we will be able to vote either by telephone or via internet. You will need to input your “access code” to cast your ballot. The voting instructions will guide you through the process, and IAM Delta representatives will be available to answer any questions you may have. 


We pay nothing when we win IAM representation. We would only begin to pay union dues when we vote on and pass a legal working agreement.

No. Delta Corporate is strictly prohibited by federal law from ever finding out who signed an election request card.

No. Our vote is secret. Delta will never know how we vote or if we vote at all.

No. Delta Flight Attendants delivered approximately 12,000 signed election request cards (a-cards) to the NMB. That is nearly 60 percent of a little more than 20,000 Delta Flight Attendants. Never before in airline industry history have so many workers demanded a representation vote be conducted.

All persons who are Delta employees and who are working in the class & craft as a Flight Attendant as of eligibility cutoff date, which is the end of the pay period prior to the date of our filing for election with the NMB. Managers, supervisors, retirees and those hired after the eligibility cutoff date are not eligible to vote.

The NMB determines voter eligibility.

We win if each and every one of us who want representation votes YES for the IAM.

Yes. If you are on a medical leave or OJI you can still vote Yes for the IAM in the election.

Yes. You have the right to talk about unions and the IAM Campaign at work in the same manner that you are permitted to talk about any other work or non-work subjects. Please refer to the 'Know Your a Rights Under the Law' flyer under Resources. - See more at: http://www.iamdelta.net/resources/frequently-asked-questions/#sthash.8HuwDneu.dpuf

YES. Per Delta's Advocacy Policy, you are allowed to wear a small lapel pin equivalent to a piece of jewelry, and no larger than the Delta service award pin. For additional information please refer to the full policy which can be found under Resources on the IAM Delta Flight Attendant website.

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YES. IAM Delta bag tags were designed to adhere to Delta's advocacy policy. For additional information please refer to the full policy which can be found under Resources on the IAM Delta Flight Attendant web site.

No. You can speak with your manager anytime without a union rep. In fact, the direct relationship may even improve because it becomes a more equal relationship.

The difference is, IAM committees will be Flight Attendants making proposals and fixing issues objectively.
Delta Corporate will have to listen to our committees and work with us. Delta Corporate won't have the final decision; we will decide together.

Delta has proven that, when its employees are unionized, Delta Corporate can expeditiously negotiate a working agreement. The last round of bargaining with the Delta Pilots produced a Working Agreement even before it was due, and Delta Corporate has committed the same this year for the Pilots.

In the round before that, the pilots had a working agreement in just a few short months. The dispatchers bargained a 5-year working agreement with Delta quickly and without controversy. Delta Corporate tells us regularly that it respects our ability to decide to become union. We believe the respect they talk about will be shown at the bargaining table with Delta Flight Attendants.

Wrong. Improvements can be made at any time. The difference is that with a union, they'll be legally binding and can't be taken away.

Absolutely. This is one of the most common complaints we’ve heard during our campaign.

Our healthcare and prescription cost keep rising, yet Delta Corporate continues to post record profits. This isn't fair and doesn't have to be this way.

IAM-represented airline employees have the best healthcare at the most affordable rates in the airline industry. We deserve the same.

Unions protect and assist their members fairly so that everyone has a right to due process.

'Bad' is a subjective term. IAM will make sure that we are treated fairly under the law. Delta Corporate will have to possess "just cause"--something it currently does not have to possess-- for every discipline or termination case.

And, per the Railway Labor Act, the Union can decide to hear a member's case before a neutral arbitrator whose decision is final.