UAL Aircraft Mechanics' Union Presidents' Position on Airline Mergers
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 15:00 CST
As news emerges almost daily regarding airline industry consolidation and mergers, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) CEO Glenn Tilton and his so-called management team need a reminder concerning any consolidation scenario that involves our airline, according to the Presidents that represent the mechanics at UAL.
As a member of the Union Coalition at United Airlines, AMFA fully supports the following position of the coalition: United Airlines will not merge with another carrier unless we -- the Union Coalition at United Airlines and AMFA -- say it will merge. It is that simple.
"Unionized employees have earned our place at the consolidation table. We not only endured the painful initial shock resulting from the attacks of September 11 but also suffered the layoffs and cutbacks that followed. The management of United Airlines took the mechanics and all other employees through the humiliation of a bankruptcy and extracted billions of dollars in wages, retirements, and work rules that destroyed careers, families, and lives.
In repayment for this suffering, the management team of United helped themselves to millions of dollars in stock options, bonuses, pay raises, and dividends with little consideration of its employees or customers.
United Airlines owes is existence today to the sacrifices made by employees during UAL's record time in bankruptcy. UAL will not merge with another carrier unless it fully and completely restores it employees to their previous position as industry leaders in wages, benefits and work rules.
The Local Presidents of AMFA at United Airlines issued the following joint statement:
"What UAL has to look forward to is a complete and total denial of cooperation should it decide to barrel ahead with any merger plans that do not take its employees back to the period when we rightfully earned top pay and benefits for being a top airline.
"It is now our turn to have a say in the future and direction of our airline. United must come to terms with its employees if it expects cooperation in any consolidation or merger action. The mechanic and related employees at United Airlines have had enough of the thievery at the expense of its employees and of management's lack of permanent interest in the company they pretend to serve. United must also keep in mind that before any merger could ever be considered by AMFA-represented employees, the company must come to terms with its $600 million and growing liability due to its ongoing outsourcing violation involving our contract."
AMFA represents over 9400 active and furloughed mechanics and related employees at UAL, and belongs to the 30,000-member UAL Labor Collation.
Source: Business Wire
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