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In solidarity with workers at @Delta, NEA President @Lily_NEA wrote an open letter to Delta President Glen Hauenstein. Read it below. #UnionStrong #Solidarity 
Dear Mr. Hauenstein,
On behalf of the more than three million members of the National Education Association (NEA) and the students they serve, I write to condemn Delta Airlines’ condescending and flippant disrespect for workers voice by employing anti-union materials 1/
On behalf of the more than three million members of the National Education Association (NEA) and the students they serve, I write to condemn Delta Airlines’ condescending and flippant disrespect for workers voice by employing anti-union materials 1/
designed to persuade employees to drop their union membership.
To add insult to injury, it is both obscene and shameful for you to encourage employees to “invest in video games” rather than use their collective voice to fight for the rights, wages, and protections they 2/
To add insult to injury, it is both obscene and shameful for you to encourage employees to “invest in video games” rather than use their collective voice to fight for the rights, wages, and protections they 2/
deserve. Study after study shows that, when workers come together in unions, they make things better not only for themselves but also most Americans.
It’s simple: One can’t profess to support American workers and engage in union busting at the same time. To that end, the only 3/
It’s simple: One can’t profess to support American workers and engage in union busting at the same time. To that end, the only 3/
respectful way forward is for you to retract your union-busting campaign that is a blatant slap in the face of working people across the nation.
Delta Airlines had been on of the preferred airlines for travel to our Representative Assembly. That will no longer be the case. 4/
Delta Airlines had been on of the preferred airlines for travel to our Representative Assembly. That will no longer be the case. 4/
The Representative Assembly is our highest decision-making body, with over 8,000 delegates, and is also the world’s largest democratic deliberative body. When you turn your back on the values of your customers they will certainly turn their backs on you. 5/
Your company slogan, “Keep Climbing”, is an aspirational one. Yet, your decisions to undermine your union will inevitably crash down on your employees and your company’s bottom line. Reverse course on this disastrous campaign because the nation is watching, your workers are 6/
watching, and NEA’s 3 million members with affiliate organization in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the nation, are also watching.
We invite you to do the right thing.
Sincerely,
Lily Estelle’s Garcia
NEA President
7/7
We invite you to do the right thing.
Sincerely,
Lily Estelle’s Garcia
NEA President
7/7
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