Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Republican John L. Mica and Education and Labor Committee Ranking Republican John Kline sent this letter to the National Mediation Board Members opposing a proposal by the Transportation and Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (TTD) that the Board unilaterally amend its Representation Manual to change its election procedures.
Current election procedures, in place for 75 years, require that a majority of all airline workers vote in favor of union representation to gain union certification. The TDD is seeking to change the rules so that union certification would require only a majority of the employees who actually vote in the election.