United Airlines Maintenance Instructors Ratify New Joint Labor Agreement

CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — United today announced that the company’s 48 maintenance instructors, represented by the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) have ratified a new joint labor agreement.

“This agreement represents another positive step forward for United and for our employees as we continue to bring our work groups together,” said Mike Bonds, executive vice president, Human Resources and Labor Relations. “We are committed to reaching agreements that are good for our people and for the company.”

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 expedited negotiations with the AFA and is in mediation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing United’s technicians.