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Local 4 News has learned about a plan to picket Northwest Airlines.

According to Local 4 Business Editor Rod Meloni, the controversy centers on
a proposed merger between Northwest and Delta Airlines.

On Tuesday, Local 4 News reported that the Delta Airlilnes Pilots'
Association has taken out permits to picket at Detroit Metro Airport and at
the Minneapolis Airport. The permits would allow the group to set up picket
lines at several locations around the airport properties.

The pickets, according to local 4 News, are scheduled to start on Thursday.

***A source close to the situation said the decision to protest came after
Delta Board of Directors reportedly ordered CEO Richard Anderson to move
ahead on merger talk with Northwest Airlines, with or without, the support
of the pilots' union***.

A key stumbling block in the merger talks has been the issue of a pilot
seniority list. Local 4 News reported Tuesday, it's possible an arbitrator
could be brought in to settle that dispute.

A merger between Northwest and Delta would create the country's largest
airline