United Contract Negotiations Update

18 December 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Your IAM District 141 negotiating team met with United Airlines last week in Chicago, Illinois, to continue talks on seven different contracts covering our United Membership. The Storekeeper and Security Officer subcommittees were present to cover items specific to those two Collective Bargaining Agreements.

Here are the highlights of these talks.

Storekeeper Subcommittee: The Storekeeper Subcommittee reached tentative agreements (TAs) on Designated Station Trainers (DST) and probationary employees. We also discussed tooling and recovery trips, both domestic and international. However, these topics need more discussion.

Security Officers: To improve Security Officer compensation, we proposed premium pay for special qualifications. We are now waiting for the Company’s response.

Security Officer Article 1 Tentative Agreement: We reached a Tentative Agreement on Article 1 of the Security Officers Contract that includes updated language to reflect and respect the modern roles of Security Officers. Discussions about meal and break periods are ongoing.

Passenger Service and Fleet Service Agreements: Talks for the Passenger Service and Fleet Service agreements also continued throughout the week. This session focused on the key issues of shift bidding, preferencing, outage relief, part-time meal periods, and mandatory overtime. While no Tentative Agreements were reached, we believe the Company now better understands why the improvements we proposed matter to our members.

We will return to the bargaining table the week of January 6. The Storekeeper Subcommittee will also be present to resume work on their contract.

Remember: IAM WORKERS LEAD THE WAY.

In Solidarity

Your Negotiating Committee
Olu Ajetomobi
Joe Bartz
Jill Hazamy
Victor Hernandez
Barb Martin
Terry Stansbury
Faysal Silwany
Erik Stenberg
Sue Weisner

Recording Secretaries: Please print and post on all IAMAW bulletin Boards.

United Contract Negotiations Update

20 August 2024

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Last week, your IAM District 141 negotiating team and United Airlines management continued contract negotiations for seven different contracts last week in Chicago, Illinois.

The District 141 Maintenance Instructors sub-committee was also present and engaged in negotiations that cover items specific to the Maintenance Instructor Collective Bargaining Agreement.

While we are frustrated regarding the pace of negotiations and the Company’s reluctance to memorialize and clearly define the Agent on Demand (AOD) work area in the Passenger Service Employee Agreement, we did make some progress in those areas. We exchanged and discussed proposals regarding specific provisions of Article 1. These include Temporary Assignments, Interpreters, Location and Point and Contact Center vacancies. Robust discussions took place on these elements of our contracts, and we expect to resolve and finalize these issues in the coming rounds of negotiations.

The Maintenance Instructor sub-committee had discussions on Article 1 and 10. These include locations, report time for vacancies and International Travel.

We made clear to the Company that we did not appreciate their unpreparedness to begin work at the start of the week. They were expected to respond to specific proposals that had been passed to the Company during our last week of negotiations held in July.

IAM District 141 is committed to reaching agreements for seven new contracts in the shortest amount of time possible. However, to accomplish this, we need the Company to work in a timely, professional manner.

It must be emphasized that all of our proposals are reasonable and are modeled according to modern airline industry norms. It is crucial to note that all Union proposals come directly from our front-line membership.

We will continue negotiations the week of September 9th, when we will be joined by the sub-committees from the Security Officer and Storekeeper contracts.

Remember IAM WORKERS LEAD THE WAY.

In solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee
Olu Ajetomobi
Joe Bartz
Jill Hazamy
Victor Hernandez
Barb Martin
Terry Stansbury
Faysal Silwany
Erik Stenberg
Sue Weisner

Recording Secretaries: Please print and post on all IAMAW bulletin Boards.