May 10, 2010 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), welcomes the National Mediation Board’s rule change that ends the policy of counting workers who do not cast ballots in an election as having cast a “no” vote against union representation.

“This long-overdue policy change brings fairness back into the union election system,” said Capt. John Prater, ALPA’s president. “This action modernizes balloting policy by determining the outcome based on the majority of votes actually cast, rather than presuming that those who do not cast ballots are voting against union representation.”