Ngokungabaza okuncane ngomphumela, i-Delta Air Lines Inc. kanye ne-Northwest Airlines Corp. balungiselele ukukhuluma udaba lwabo kubanikazi bamasheya ngokuthi kungani kufanele bagunyaze inhlanganisela engadala inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi igwinye inkampani eneminyaka engu-82 ubudala inqubo.
Abanikazi bamasheya baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga bekumele bahlangane okungaba okokugcina ngoLwesine ekuseni eNew York ukuze bavotele ukuthi bayasamukela yini isithembiso sokuthenga seDelta, kuyilapho abanikazi bamasheya beDelta bekumele bahlangane eduze kwase-Atlanta ntambama ukuze bavotele ukuthi bazosikhipha yini isitoko eNorthwest. abaninimasheya njengengxenye yokuthengiselana. Abanikazi bamasheya baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga nabo babezoqhuba amanye amabhizinisi ajwayelekile emhlanganweni wabo waminyaka yonke.
Amafemu amane aluleka abanikazi bamasheya ancome amavoti avuna le nhlanganisela. I-International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, emele abasebenzi basezindaweni zaseNyakatho-ntshonalanga abangu-12,500, iyaphikisana nalesi sivumelwano.
Kudingeka amavoti amaningi ukuze iziphakamiso ziphasiswe. Ukugunyazwa kwabanikazi bamasheya kungenzeka kakhulu.
Lokho kuzoshiya imvume yokulawula yase-US kanye necala elilindile lifuna ukuvimba isivumelwano njengokuphela kwezithiyo ezisele. Isinqumo soMnyango Wezobulungiswa singafika enyangeni ezayo noma ezimbili. Icala lihlelelwe ukuqulwa ngoNovemba 5 e-San Francisco. IDelta inethemba lokuvala isivumelwano ekupheleni konyaka.
Abanikazi bamasheya baseNyakatho-ntshonalanga bazothola amasheya angu-1.25 esitoko seDelta ngesheya ngalinye abanalo uma inhlanganisela isiqediwe. Lokho kubiza iNyakatho-ntshonalanga cishe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.1, ngokusekelwe enanini lamasheya lamanje le-Delta kanye nezigidi ezingu-277 zaseNorthwest amasheya asele noma asazokhishwa njengengxenye yohlelo lwayo lokuhlela kabusha ukuqothuka.
Inkampani yezindiza ehlanganisiwe izobizwa ngeDelta futhi igcine ikomkhulu layo lase-Atlanta kanye nesikhulu sayo esiphezulu, uRichard Anderson. INorthwest izoba inkampani ephethwe ngokugcwele ye-Delta ngesikhathi senqubo yokuhlanganisa. IDelta inethemba lokuthola isitifiketi sokusebenza seFederal Aviation Administration ezinyangeni eziyi-15 kuya kweziyi-18.
USihlalo we-Delta uDaniel Carp uzoba usihlalo webhodi labaqondisi elisha futhi uSihlalo waseNyakatho-ntshonalanga uRoy Bostock uzoba iphini likasihlalo. Ibhodi elisha lizokwakhiwa ngamalungu angu-13 – ayisikhombisa ebhodi ye-Delta, amahlanu ebhodi laseNorthwest, okuhlanganisa no-CEO waseNorthwest uDoug Steenland, kanye nelilodwa le-Air Line Pilots Association. Umshayeli wamanje we-Delta uzothatha isihlalo sabashayeli bezindiza ebhodini.
Uma isivumelwano sesiqediwe, i-Delta ihlela ukukhiphela abasebenzi izabelo zezabelo ezicishe zibe ngamaphesenti angu-13.4 enkampanini yezindiza ehlangene. Abanikazimasheya beDelta bebezocelwa emhlanganweni wabo ngoLwesine ukuthi balungise uhlelo lokunxeshezelwa kokusebenza kwenkampani ukuze iDelta inikeze izisebenzi izabelo.
I-Delta isivele ifinyelele isivumelwano nabashayeli bezindiza bezinkampani ezimbili zezindiza ngenkontileka ehlanganyelwe, nakuba isivumelwano sokuhlanganisa uhlu lwamaqembu amabili abashayeli bezindiza sisenzima. Ukulalelwa kokulamula odabeni lwabantu abadala kuhlelelwe ukuthi kuqale ngo-Oct. 2 e-Los Angeles. Abashayeli bezindiza ukuphela kwenyunyana enkulu eDelta, kanti iNorthwest ihlangene kakhulu.
Ivoti lokumeleleka kwenyunyana kwabasebenzi basendizeni abavela kuzo zombili izinkampani zenethiwekhi lilindeleke ngemuva kokuvalwa kokuhlanganiswa.
I-IAM imele abasebenzi bamarempu aseNyakatho Ntshonalanga noomabhalane bokubhuka kanye namakhasimende, futhi ibisebenzela ukuhlela labo basebenzi abafanayo e-Delta. Badinga ukwesekwa ngamaphesenti angama-35 abasebenzi enkampanini ehlangene ukuze baqale ukhetho, olunganqunywa ngamavoti amaningi.
Umkhulumeli we-IAM uJoseph Tiberi uthe inyunyana “ayikholelwa ukuthi kuzuzisa kakhulu abaninimasheya ukugunyaza ukuhlanganiswa okuzokwakha inkampani yezindiza enkulu enezikweletu ezinkulu kanye nomsebenzi omkhulu wokuhlanganisa amasiko ezinkampani ahluke kakhulu.”
Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zezindiza zinezisebenzi zesikhathi esigcwele ezihlanganisiwe ezingu-85,071 kusukela ngomhlaka-30 Juni, okokugcina zibike izibalo ku-Securities and Exchange Commission. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, inkampani ngayinye yenkampani imemezele izinhlelo zayo zokuncishiswa kwemisebenzi. IDelta ithe izochitha imisebenzi engu-4,000 2,500, kanti iNorthwest ithi ifuna ukunciphisa imisebenzi engu-31.7. Inkampani yezindiza entsha izoba enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni mayelana nokuhamba kwezimoto futhi enkulu kunazo zonke e-US ngokwemali engenayo yonyaka, okwakungu-$XNUMX wezigidigidi ezihlangene ekupheleni konyaka odlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Northwest shareholders were set to meet for what could be the last time on Thursday morning in New York to vote on whether to accept Delta’s acquisition offer, while Delta shareholders were set to meet near Atlanta in the afternoon to vote on whether to issue stock to Northwest shareholders as part of the transaction.
- Delta has already reached an agreement with pilots of the two airlines on a joint contract, though a deal to integrate the seniority lists of the two pilot groups remains elusive.
- IAM spokesman Joseph Tiberi said the union doesn’t “believe it’s in the best interest of shareholders to approve a merger that’s going to create a mega airline with tremendous debt and the enormous task of integrating two vastly different corporate cultures.
