Negotiations Update
September 12, 2015
Negotiations are scheduled to
reconvene in Las Vegas for two weeks beginning on September 21st.
Given the recent tone from the Company, we expect to continue making progress towards
a tentative agreement that can be presented to the membership for ratification.
The committee remains focused and dedicated to that end and so far have
received no indication that the company has changed directions towards this
goal as well.
The change in CEO should not affect
the negotiations process. The general consensus from analysts and the financial
community is that our new CEO needs to get the house in order at United, and
tantamount to that process is better labor relations and reaching agreements
with the IBT and AFA.
The proof will be at the negotiating
table, but we are cautiously optimistic that new leadership at UAL will want to
make further progress toward the promised “industry leading agreement” and
improved relations with the Technicians that make his planes fly day after day.
September
11, 2014
Once again, we take time to reflect on
the events of this day. It seems difficult to accept that a bright, sunny
fourteen years ago; a day that should have been like any other, would become a
tragic day for our generation that many will remember in the future with,
“where were you that day?”
The names, locations and images will
always be with us just as our memory of where and what we each were doing. As
we remember, let each of us re-commit to the memories of our fellow employees,
the families and friends of those who were lost that day. And let us live each
day as a celebration of their lives, refusing to surrender to those who
committed those senseless acts and never giving in to the fear they hoped to
instill in us.
