There will be no assessments. It won't take much money.

DALPA has always helped management fight off other unions merely by remaining silent.
If we don't have a contract this summer then we will no longer be silent.

I actually think it will be relatively inexpensive to organize the flight attendants. Past efforts by AFA and IAM have been pretty inept. Those unions didn't know Delta very well and it showed. Management easily swamped them with fear and propaganda about "culture" and "family". All we need to do is counter the scare tactics with good solid communications.
Let 'em know the pilots have their back. I think we are way under-estimating the power of that simple message. A lot of the women were kinda scared of the "machinists" and their reputation.

How much do a few reams of paper cost? If we want to get really extravagant we could host a couple of "roadshows" and/or start inviting FAs to our PUB events. Buy 'em some pizza and beer. (Well, maybe some white wine)
Its nickels compared to the piles of money we dump into the Herndon black hole every year.

Its my opinion that a large percentage of the flight attendants (maybe most of them) didn't have a real strong feeling one way or the other on those past union votes. They end up voting no, or not voting at all, just because management makes them afraid of change. They perceive the union as a risk. That group is "persuadable".
If we weigh in, and ask them to stand with us and help themselves at the same time, the votes will be there easily.

Then if they still won't give us a contract, on to the mechanics.