Northwest Approves Delta Merger

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Photos about Northwest shareholders approving the merger with Delta and the protests.

Northwest and Delta airlines shareholders approved a merger on Thursday morning. Flight attendants and other Northwest employees protested merger outside the of New York meeting room.

Delta shareholders approved the merger later in the afternoon. The merger would create the world's largest airline.

Northwest CEO Doug Steenland talks with airline employees in New York after shareholders approved a merger with Delta. Federal regulators are the deals' final hurdle.

Delta said 99 percent of its shares were voted in favor of the deal, while the figure was 98 percent at Northwest. Here, Arthur Luzon, a ramp worker with Northwest in Minneapolis, protests the merger in College Park, where Delta shareholders gathered to vote.

Al Wojcik, an organizer with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, stands in front of the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park to urge Delta shareholders to vote against the merger.

Rene Foss, right, spokesperson for the Association of Flight Attendants at Northwest Airlines, speaks during the Northwest Airlines shareholders' meeting.

The International Association of Machinists union, which opposes the merger, had sent memos to Delta's and Northwest's largest shareholders asking them to vote against the merger.

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Northwest and Delta airlines shareholders approved a merger on Thursday morning. Flight attendants and other Northwest employees protested merger outside the of New York meeting room.

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