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Labor Day weekend is a time to celebrate the American worker’s accomplishments of the past, but also an opportunity to recommit ourselves to improving our own future.

I never realized how important my union was until I lost it.

I started my career at Northwest in 2007, and I flew under a contract and AFA protection until we lost our union in November of 2010.

At the time, Delta told us, “Give it a year, and you won’t want your union back.”

A contract is about putting maximum control and flexibility in the hands of us as Flight Attendants, not management.

“I could see maybe some things that I thought weren’t right, but I was willing to overlook them because I thought things were so good. And those are things that I’m not willing to overlook anymore.”

Earlier this year, I was scheduled to work three nights back to back. After the first night, I came home and went straight to bed so I could be fully rested for my next flight.

I’ve been a Delta flight attendant for 4 years, and I’m thrilled to be part of organizing our union.

One of the lies I’ve heard from management over and over is that if we have a union, it will create conflict.