International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Delta Organizing Campaign
The New York City Central Labor Council is working closely with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), as well as the NYS and the National AFL-CIO, to assist in the IAMAW’s efforts to organize over 18,000 new members at Delta Airlines. When Delta merged with Northwest in 2008, it became the largest carrier in the world with over 30,000 employees. The former Northwest employees, 12,000 of the 30,000, are already IAMAW members.
The IAMAW has the potential to win a voice for 18,000 non-union Delta workers nationwide.
The National Mediation Board recently changed the rules governing representation elections conducted under the Railway Labor Act. These changes enable workers to choose to be part of a union with a majority of votes cast rather than a majority of total employees. This puts union representation elections in industries covered under the Railway Labor Act, such as the airline industry, on the same level as every other type of democratic political election in the United States.
There will be four separate, staggered elections for different employee groups at Delta. Those four separate bargaining units are fleet/ramp, customer service, stock clerks, and office and clerical. Each job classification must individually show interest with 35% signing election authorization cards. Pre-merger Northwest employees are already IAMAW members and therefore count towards the 35% of signed cards necessary in each group.
The New York City Central Labor Council is committed to working with the IAMAW as they fight to give over 30,000 Delta workers a voice in their workplace.
Legislation to Provide Medical Care and Compensation to Those Sick with World Trade Center Illnesses New York City, labor and political leaders joined with first responders to the World Trade Center attacks as they call for immediate passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (HR. 847/S.1334). The legislation would provide medical care and compensation for those who are sick with World Trade Center illnesses, including first responders who came to New York from every state and nearly all Congressional districts in the nation. Read More...
President Ahern Co-Chairs the Comptroller’s Public Benefit Agreement Task Force
New York City Central Labor Council President, Jack Ahern, serves as a co-chair on NYC Comptroller John Liu’s Public Benefit Agreement (PBA) Task Force. President Ahern is joined on this Task Force by New York City Central Labor Council Executive Vice-President George Miranda and Executive Board members Stuart Appelbaum, Gary La Barbera and Peter Ward.
Other members of PBA Task Force include key stakeholders, such as representatives from the community and business. The work of the task force is directed by the co-chairs to ensure diverse perspectives on this issue.
The purpose of this Task Force is to develop recommendations on best practices and draft a framework for a more effective and equitable process to guide publicly subsidized economic development projects in the City of New York, including accountability and enforcement mechanisms that would apply when tax dollars, rezonings, and other public resources are used to facilitate private development.
The recommendations from the Task Force will be guided by the following principles: accountability, transparency, inclusiveness, consistency and fiscal responsibility.
Good Jobs Now Rally/MarchOn April 29th, in conjunction with the AFL-CIO's Good Jobs Now campaign, over 10,000 union members and community allies rallied at City Hall and marched down Broadway and through the Financial District. AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, led the rally where we called for the recovery to make its way to working people on Main Street Read More...
