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Getting Out the Vote

cwelch
Adventurer C
No one argues that Southwest's Employees are its greatest asset. Southwest Airlines Employees are historically known for being active advocates of their Company. After years of hard work and long hours, the effectiveness of their advocacy was proved in 2006 when the antiquated Wright Amendment was repealed!  With a new year, new challenges face the airline industry and specifically Southwest Airlines. In an effort to equip its Employees for a year full of political excitement, the Southwest Airlines Legislative Communications and Grassroots Department is organizing Voter Registration Drives around the country for its Employees. One reason for the Voter Registration Drives is to give Employees the opportunity to be eligible to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. Another reason for the drives is, well, let's face it, Southwest knows that a politically active workforce of 34,000 Employees is a force to be reckoned with! Employees represent constituencies of hundreds of districts across the nation. It is the goal of Southwest Airlines to have Employees who are recognized by their elected officials as active constituents. Our Employees can look for Voter Registrations Booths at the upcoming Messages to the Field, and if you aren't an Employee, we urge you to register in your own  locale.
3 Comments
Micah_Moughon1
Explorer C
Looking at the possibility of Southwest beginning service to Cincinnati, I realized that the question is not IF Southwest will serve Cincinnati, but WHEN Southwest will serve Cincinnati. With Delta eager to pursue a merger, that almost undoubtedly would mean that it would close its hub at Cincinnati, giving Southwest room to breathe there.
catherine_guy
Explorer C
When will Southwest start a service to Charlotte, NC??????????
scottnearsmf
Adventurer B
Maybe when Charlotte loosen's USAir's strangehold at their airport. It has been Southwest's history not to enter a market unless they have a positive relationship with the airport people first. I doubt that Southwest has established these relationships with the people at CLT yet. Until MSP, CVG, or CLT react positively to Southwest coming to their airport then Southwest won't come.