Delta Air Lines is about to ground hundreds of Flight Attendants just as we head into the busy summer travel season with an already understaffed Flight Attendant workforce. Delta is choosing to harm workers and risk unnecessary operational meltdowns in the name of their "new" corporate brand.

In 2018, Delta rolled out a new uniform line. Within weeks, Flight Attendants began reporting severe adverse reactions like trouble breathing, extreme headaches, painful rashes, and hair loss. An independent lab test showed the uniforms had high levels of a toxic chemical. After Flight Attendants spoke out, Delta promised "a completely new uniform program" and allowed workers to wear an alternative black and white uniform (a common fix across the industry in situations like this).

But now, management is backtracking on their promise. During the accommodations process, Delta told us a new Delta-branded alternative option was coming. Instead of a whole new uniform, they just offered options for a few pieces of the uniform, but some Flight Attendants are still suffering adverse reactions.

Delta management is cutting off all options without making good on their promise to us. We are being forced to wear a uniform we don't feel safe in, or stay home without a paycheck.

Read a Delta Flight Attendant's story about their experience with the uniform.

We are demanding that CEO Ed Bastian and Delta management live up to their promise to provide a new uniform that is safe and healthy for all workers, and in the interim allow workers to continue wearing alternative uniforms without penalty.