Mon, Feb 28, 2011
Top Base Pay Increases To Over $52 Per Hour
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM) announced Friday that Flight Attendants at
Continental Airlines have voted to ratify a new interim collective
bargaining agreement that will raise their top base pay to $52.53
per hour while providing a no-furlough guarantee for the duration
of the accord.
The contract was ratified by 68 percent of voting members, with
70 percent of the overall membership participating. The new interim
agreement covers 9,300 Flight Attendants based in Houston, TX,
Newark, NJ and Cleveland, OH. The 20-month contract is retroactive
to January 1, 2010.
“This interim agreement provides immediate raises and
important merger protections as United and Continental integrate
their operations,” said IAM General Vice President Robert
Roach, Jr. “After we win representation rights for the
combined Flight Attendant group, we will return to the table and
negotiate long-term improvements for all 25,000 Flight
Attendants.”
Under this contract, a senior Flight Attendant at Continental
will earn $13,035.60 more annually than a United Airlines Flight
Attendant.
In addition to base wage rates that are the highest of any
legacy carrier in the industry, the new contract provides for
retroactive pay, profit sharing, restoration of a company 401(k)
match and improved work rules. Surveys will soon be circulated
among Continental and United Flight Attendants to identify key
issues for the combined group in negotiations that will commence
following the successful completion of a union representation
election.
“Continental Flight Attendants declined a previous
contract offer and directed our negotiating committee to continue
bargaining,” said IAM District 142 President Tom
Higginbotham. “The IAM listened to our members and made the
adjustments our Flight Attendants wanted. This contract reflects
the goals set by our membership.”
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