5. Administration of labor agreement (Connect/Perform) HR in Action In 2011, flight attendants from Midwest Airlines won an arbitration case against Republic Airways Holdings Inc., the company that purchased Midwest Airlines in 2009. The Midwest flight attendants were upset because Republic was replacing Midwest Airline 717 airplanes and staffing the new airplanes with flight crews that earned up to 70% less than the Midwest crews earned. The flight attendants said that this action violated provisions of their contract with the Midwest union. This contract specified how jobs would be protected if Midwest was bought by another airline. Source: Daykin, T. Flight attendants win labor contract arbitration case. (11, March 17), Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Retrieved from http://www.jsonline.com/business/118171364.html When the Midwest flight attendants first looked at the terms of their contract and asked if they were being treated unfairly, they prepared a statement of the issue to be resolved in the arbitration hearing. What was the name of this statement? Bypass grievance O Arbitration award O Submission agreement O Facts of the case Use your knowledge of union organizing campaign concepts to answer the following question. You have been hired by the president of a major union to serve as a strategy consultant. In your meeting with the president of the union, he asks you what major opportunity or challenge you feel is most important for his union to respond to in the future. O Globalization O Increased operating costs for unions O Changes in the legal and regulatory environment for labor O Increased opportunities for membership growth outside the United States