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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants who want to bolt their current union now have two choices.
The Transportation Workers Union has said it will solicit a mail-in vote by Northwest flight attendants. They've already received cards from the Association of Flight Attendants. A vote in favor of a new union by more than half of Northwest's 9,600 flight attendants would prompt an election.
The attempts to snag Northwest flight attendants comes at a bad time for their current union, the Professional Flight Attendants Association. The bankrupt airline is leaning on workers for concessions, and has said it will ask a bankruptcy court judge to impose the cuts if they aren't negotiated soon.
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