The Gavel Falls Yet Again on Northwest Flight Attendants

The latest effort by Northwest Airlines flight attendants to invoke their right to strike has once again been thwarted. The courts have overturned the decision made by the bankruptcy judge and have granted Northwest Airlines an injunction preventing its flight attendant from striking. Simply put, No Strike for You!

I think you can measure the desperation in the efforts of the AFA-CWA on behalf of the Northwest attendants. All you need to do is look at the rhetoric in their press release sporting the catchy title "Court Tramples Right to Strike". They have resorted to wholesale condemnation of the legal system and corporate greed. They paint broad strokes in attempt to spread this issue to the protection of the "working family" and "...not only for Northwest flight attendants, but for all flight attendants who will walk in our footsteps". You see words like "fight" and "crusade" sprinkled in for good measure. I think its safe to say that this is the end game for their strike tactics.

Update: Please don't confuse the opinion in this post with support for the tactics that Northwest is using on this or any other union. While I do believe pay cuts are necessary I believe the airlines are given far to much latitude under bankruptcy to impose these cuts. I believe this ham-fisted approach is unwarranted and ultimately counter-productive.