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On Monday, the Transportation Workers Union will petition to have a representation election for 650 Virgin Atlantic flight attendants. The TWU has been trying to unionize cabin crews at Virgin Atlantic, and began a drive to get flight attendants to sign representation cards two months ago. TWO says that it has a large majority of the flight attendants who have signed cards. Virgin Atlantic has 2,100 employees, none of whom are represented by unions. The company says that they will respect the choice that their employees make. This election comes after a rule change from July 2010, that allows workers in the airline industry to vote for a union with a majority of those who vote, rather than a majority of all eligible workers.