Georgia Democrats Walk Tightrope as Delta Unionizing Heats Up

When a resounding majority of House Democrats publicly demanded that Delta Air Lines Inc. not interfere with efforts to organize its workers, it was the absences that were glaring.

Earlier this month, more than 140 lawmakers urged Delta in a letter to adopt a neutrality agreement that would essentially bar the company from saying anything to dissuade workers from unionizing—making a decisive stand on the side of organized labor.

But not a single Democrat from Georgia, where Delta has been headquartered since 1941, signed on to the Feb. 12 letter from the Congressional Labor Caucus, despite support from five Republicans ...