NLRB Rejects SEIU Raid at Delaware North

On August 7, 2009, DNC-THS employees across the 15-airport national bargaining unit represented by Unite Here ratified a new collective bargaining agreement by an overwhelming 98% margin. The one-year contract secured an “Employee Bill of Rights for Respect” which addressed a long list of protections and rights important to DNC workers around training, health and safety, seniority, time off and cash handling. The new contract also guaranteed no employee increase in the cost of health insurance over the contract’s term. Wages are negotiated airport by airport and are not negotiated as part of the national agreement.

The union and the company also agreed to immediately begin negotiations over the next contract, with the workers seeking to lower health insurance costs and reduce health insurance enrollment waiting periods for dependents after next year. The first meeting addressing improvements to health insurance coverage took place on August 11th in Houston between DNC and a 25-member negotiating committee made up of workers from across the national bargaining unit.

The dismissal of the election petition is a victory for Delaware North workers who have been facing attempted raids by SEIU since April. The decision respects the over twenty year history of representation by Unite Here at DNC and most importantly, respects the hard-fought contract ratification led by a rank-and-file negotiating committee of DNC workers from across the country.

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