The votes were counted yesterday in the representation election at Express Jet/Atlantic Southeast Airlines between the CWA-afa and the IAM. Flight attendants at the combined airline voted to have the IAM as their Union! The official results:
Based on a total flight attendant population of 2160,
49.3% of the TOTAL population voted for IAM.........1065 votes.30.8% voted for CWA-afa..........666 votes. (hmmm......the devil in the numbers?!)
0.01% voted no union (26)
In all 1731 votes (80%) were cast. Twenty per cent (429) didn't participate.
The Express Jet web site states that "the IAM has already begun preparations to negotiate a single agreement covering both Flight Attendant groups (and) a bargaining priority survey is already underway."
That is a far cry from the afa at UAL who insists on wasting valuable time on a contract for subsidiary United f/a's instead of a COMBINED CONTRACT NOW!
