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Jul13
NWA Flight Attendants May Create "CHAOS"
The new union that represents the flight attendants at Northwest Airlines is being really tuff.  Flight attendants at Northwest Airlines are being schooled in the ways of creating chaos for the airline by using sporadic strikes.  Flight attendants might strike for a day or a week.  They may strike against a certain type of aircraft or they might even strike at a certain airport.  The union says its aim is to strike without warning in order to cause the most chaos.  Chaos stands for Create Havoc Around Our System. 
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Northwest, which is cutting labor costs as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, is seeking $195 million in annual savings from the flight attendants.

Last week, the AFA defeated the Professional Flight Attendants Association in an election to decide which union would represent Northwest's some 9,100 active and laid-off flight attendants.

Northwest said Wednesday that it is focused on reaching a consensual agreement with its flight attendants.

'The company continues to believe that any job action would be illegal, and would take immediate action in the courts to prevent a job action from occurring,' said Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch.

The effort to educate flight attendants about the chaos strike strategy reflects the resolve of flight attendants to fight Northwest if it imposes a contract on them, said Danny Campbell, Northwest AFA-CWA interim vice president.

'This is not a reflection on the bargaining process,' he said. 'Just a reflection of the resolve of the flight attendants.'

Campbell said a chaos campaign involves a great deal of preparation and education.

'The strike action can only take place if the company abrogates the (labor) agreement,' Campbell said.

Northwest has court authority to impose a contract on the flight attendants Monday if it can't reach a negotiated settlement. But it's expected that talks will go past that deadline if progress is being made.

Interim wage cuts are providing Northwest with 60 percent of the savings it wants from flight attendants, and the airline already has negotiated or imposed new terms on its other employee unions. But until it gets a deal with the flight attendants, Northwest won't get the full benefits of givebacks bargained with those other unions.

About a month ago, 80 percent of flight attendants rejected a deal that had been bargained by their former union, the PFAA, that would have cost about 1,550 attendants their jobs. Pay for those left with jobs would range from $15,000 to $38,000 a year

Topix News via Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

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