Delta Air Lines shareholders on Thursday voted against a measure that would have prohibited the company from pressuring employees not to unionize.
It follows a similar no-vote last year, when stock owners of the Atlanta-based airline also voted against a similar “non-interference policy” on unionization.
The proposal this year was submitted by As You Sow, an environmental and social corporate accountability shareholder advocacy group, on behalf of afund managed by Chicago-based Amalgamated Bank.
Delta recommended shareholders vote against the measure. The company said after Thursday’s annual meeting that about 74% of votes on the measure were against it or abstaining, while about 26% were in favor.
The vote comes as unions are campaigning to organize 50,000 workers at Delta, including flight attendants, baggage handlers and mechanics. While other major U.S. airlines are highly unionized, at Delta the only major unionized group is its pilots.