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    Delta Fires Longtime Baggage Handler, Labor Activist Kip Hedges

    Dec. 8, 2014
    Delta officials told Hedges he was being fired for 'disparaging remarks,' according to an account on Workday Minnesota.

    Source TwinCities.com

    Kip Hedges, who worked for Delta for 26 years, has long been a vocal supporter of organizing Delta employees and subcontractors under the Machinists Union.
    Kip Hedges, who worked for Delta for 26 years, has long been a vocal supporter of organizing Delta employees and subcontractors under the Machinists Union.

    A longtime Delta Air Lines employee and Twin Cities labor activist, Kip Hedges, was fired this week from his job as a baggage handler after championing a $15 minimum wage for airline workers.

    According to multiple postings on social media, Hedges gave an on-camera interview to Workday Minnesota, where he said, "A lot of the Delta workers make under $15 an hour. As a matter of fact, I would say probably close to half make under $15 an hour."

    Delta officials told Hedges he was being fired for "disparaging remarks," according to an account on Workday Minnesota. It's unclear how many Delta baggage-claim workers make less than $15 an hour, but some do, while others earn significantly more.

    More details here.