The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workersmay flex more muscle at UAL Corp.'s directors meetings if anorganizing drive by nonunion workers is successful.
The IAM, which already represents 24,000 machinists, rampworkers and flight dispatchers at United Airlines, filed anapplication with the National Mediation Board late Wednesday torepresent 17,000 passenger service employees.
The group would include reservations agents, customer servicerepresentatives and employees working in city ticket offices and onair freight functions. It would exclude anyone in a supervisoryrole.United declined to comment on the application.If an investigation deems the application and authorizationcards signed by employees to be valid, an election to certify IAM asthe collective bargaining agent could take place in three to sixmonths.
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