Organizing Update

Nearly All Envoy Airport Agents Gain Right to Vote for CWA Representation

Envoy agents nationwide are voting for CWA representation, and this week, the National Mediation Board overturned an investigator's decision and determined that another 2,012 agents are entitled to vote. That means that more than 4,800 Envoy agents are now able to vote for CWA representation.

Voting will continue until Nov. 24. Agents have fought long and hard for this election and the opportunity to bargain their own wages and working conditions and set workplace rules.

CWA had appealed the investigator's ruling that denied the right to vote to more than 2,000 agents, and 64 Envoy agents wrote declarations to the NMB that made a big difference.

In overturning the investigator's ruling, the NMB wrote, "There is one job description for all the Station Agents and customer service experience is considered in hiring. The cross-utilized employees regularly bid for assignments and their work varies from day to day. In some stations, there is no bidding process and managers assign employees to work above or below the wing. The evidence indicates that some employees can switch between these jobs during the same shift. There is no doubt that these employees are functionally integrated."

Envoy agents gear up for their CWA vote.