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Within five hours, the members of the TWU were the first to take a bite out of his Big Apple.

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Of the 547 attendants at the San Francisco-based airline who voted, 324, or 59%, rejected the TWU, compared with 223, or 41%, who cast ballots for the union.

Virgin America Attendants Vote Against Unionization Susan Carey 2011

These two unions and the TWU, which represents ground workers at both American and Eagle, have seats on the creditors' committee involved in AMR's bankruptcy.

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Because it's illegal for public employee unions in New York state to strike, the 2005 work stoppage led to a range of sanctions from which the TWU is still recovering.

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The TWU said the vote was tainted by management pressure tactics, including threatening that attendants could lose pay, benefits and their jobs if workers voted in a union.

Virgin America Attendants Vote Against Unionization Susan Carey 2011

"The TWU has not provided any notice of further industrial action, so it's business as usual," he said.

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The TWU wants a 15% pay rise over three years and job security clauses included in employment contracts.

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In October, TWU organizers said they had enough signatures from Virgin America attendants signifying a desire for a union election in order to petition to the mediation board to call one.

Virgin America Attendants Vote Against Unionization Susan Carey 2011

"I can see that the potential is as early as next week that industrial action could be occurring," TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon told reporters.

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The TWU represents 10,000 attendants at Southwest Airlines Co., last year won the right to bargain for more than 400 attendants at low-fare Allegiant Airlines and has an organizing drive under way at JetBlue Airways Corp. The union also represents dispatchers at a number of airlines and maintenance and ground workers at AMR Corp.'s American Airlines.

Virgin America Attendants Vote Against Unionization Susan Carey 2011