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Airline bailout stirs Delta feud with flight attendants union

A potential govt bailout has become the latest flash point in Delta Air Lines' longstanding battle with labour organisers trying to unionise the company’s flight attendants. Delta’s senior VP of in-flight service, Allison Ausband, accused the Association of Flight Attendants of opposing any assistance to the company. The union, which has called on Congress to attach certain conditions to any support, has been “suggesting that Delta should be excluded from any potential federal aid,” Ausband said Wednesday in a memo to employees. The carrier said the memo came in response to a video message from AFA president Sara Nelson. With the coronavirus pandemic torpedoing travel demand, Nelson said any aid should come with rules including “no federal funds for airlines that are fighting their workers’ efforts to join a union.” <br/>