United Achieves Joint Labor Agreements with Two Additional Work Groups

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — United today announced that the company’s approximately 140 fleet technical instructors, represented by the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM), have ratified a new joint labor agreement. In addition, the company’s 49 IAM-represented security officers also voted to ratify a new joint agreement.

“We continue to make steady progress toward bringing our work groups together under responsible joint agreements, and we look forward to implementing these contracts,” said United Executive Vice President HR and Labor Relations Mike Bonds. “We are encouraged that both our fleet technical instructors and our security officers voted to ratify these agreements, which benefit both our company and our people.”

United has now achieved joint collective bargaining agreements with a majority of its represented work force, including pilots, dispatchers, fleet service, passenger service, reservations and storekeeper work groups. The company is engaged in facilitated problem-solving negotiations with the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) and is in mediation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing technicians.