Wed, Dec 16, 2015
Union Says The Grinch Is Negotiating With UAL FAs As Holiday Travel Begins
United Airline flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants - CWA (AFA), will picket at airports around the world December 17 calling on United to finish its merger with Continental Airlines.
Five years later, United management still fails to negotiate a fair contract even within a period of historic profits.
"With a busy holiday travel season underway, passengers flying United suffer under the inefficiency of its fractured three-part operation," said AFA International President Sara Nelson.
"It's been five years, and now five holiday seasons since United Airlines initiated the merger. United flight attendants are still without a joint contract, and work another holiday season without sharing in the profits they help create. A joint contract provides flight attendants, the airline and its passengers with the stability of a fully operational airline."
- The pickets are planned in the following locations (all times local):
- Boston (BOS) Terminal B at United Ticket Counter, 11:45 am - 1 pm
- Chicago (ORD) Terminal 1 United Departures, 11 am - 12:30 pm
- United's World HQ, 11 am - 12:30 pm
- Denver (DEN) West Side Departure Level Outside United Ticket Counter, 12:30 – 2 pm
- Frankfurt (FRA) Terminal 1, 10 - 11:30 am
- Guam (GUM) United City Ticket Office, 5 - 6 pm
- Hong Kong (HKG) Departure Level 7 Drop Point Zone 3, 9:15 - 10:30 am
- Honolulu (HNL) United Departure Level, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Houston (IAH) JFK Boulevard, 12 - 1 pm
- Las Vegas (LAS) Terminal B Outside United Ticket Counter, 1 -2 pm
- London (LHR) Queen's Terminal 2, TBD pm
- Los Angeles (LAX) Terminal 7 Departure Level, 11 am - 1 pm
- Narita (NRT) Terminal 1 Outside United Ticket Counter, 11 am - 1 pm
- Newark (EWR) Terminal C Upper Level Door 5, 12 - 1 pm
- San Francisco (SFO) Terminal 3 Departure Level, 10:30 - 11:30 am
- Washington, DC. DCA Terminal B United Departures, 12 - 1 pm, IAD Baggage Claim, 2 - 4 pm
(Source: AFA news release)
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