2,700 Piedmont Agents Gear up for Union Election

Ramp and gate agents at Piedmont Airlines are gearing up for a CWA representation election that begins on January 22.

A majority of the 2,700 agents petitioned the National Mediation Board for a union election in November. They are the only major workgroup at Piedmont and parent company US Airways without representation and consequently they receive only a fraction of the pay of mainline and mainline express agents doing the same jobs.  Piedmont operates as an express carrier for US Airways.

CWA and AFA-CWA-represented agents and flight attendants at Piedmont and US Airways are assisting in the campaign. The election, to be conducted over the telephone and on the Internet, runs until February 19 when the ballots are tallied.