Disunion

A union attempting to organize such a workplace still needs to win the election, but 35 percent is a lower bar than prevails in most other circumstances, and that?s one reason the airline industry has a heavy level of union representation. The CWA made considerable headway in trying to organize Americans? customer service agents. American Airlines management, like most of corporate America, takes a dim view of labor unions and was not excited about this development. For starters, American Airlines was already in financial trouble and, indeed, filed for bankruptcy last November in hopes of wriggling out of obligations to its existing unionized workers. The bankruptcy process itself, however, has generated considerable pressure from some creditors?and also from American?s unions?for the airline to agree to a merger with US Airways. From a management perspective, this would be an unappealing outcome: With American bankrupt, it would amount to a US Airways takeover and lead to job losses among American executives.

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