Labor unrest delays merger benefits at Delta
As labor issues continue to simmer, flight attendants from Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are consigned to separate flights, and the combined carrier has yet to realize many of the promised financial benefits of its merger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "The assumption was once the merger occurred, because the Northwest unit was smaller, that the merged company would end up with no unionization," says airline analyst Vaughn Cordle, who notes that could well change if the National Mediation Board is successful in changing a rule governing how votes are counted in union elections. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (11/16)