Piedmont’s agents vote for CWA union representation

Piedmont Airlines’ (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury) 3,000 fleet and passenger service agents voted by a two-to-one margin for representation by the Communications Workers of America. Ballots were counted yesterday by the National Mediation Board.

The agents were the only major workgroup at Piedmont without union representation. Key issues in the campaign were job security, unfair and arbitrary treatment and the lack of a grievance process.

Voting took place under new election rules set by the NMB that ensured that airline elections would be conducted following the same democratic rules that govern elections in the United States. Testimony and other action by AFA-CWA, CWA and airline workers convinced the NMB to implement the fair election rule in June.

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