Flight Attendants: Negotiations updates

May 2012

  • May 4, 2012

    All flight attendants at the United, Continental and Continental Micronesia subsidiaries are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants - CWA (AFA). On February 28, we announced a new, ratified labor agreement with the s-UA flight attendants. Improvements to flight...
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March 2012

  • March 8, 2012

    On February 28, we announced a new labor agreement with subsidiary United flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA). The Company and the AFA will now start joint negotiations to develop a contract to bring all of...
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February 2012

  • February 28, 2012

    United Airlines today announced further progress in the company’s work to fully integrate the United and Continental work groups. This afternoon flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) ratified a new labor agreement with the company. “We...
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January 2012

  • January 20, 2012

    Flight attendant voting on Tentative Agreement concludes on Feb. 28, 2012....
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  • January 13, 2012

    The MEC of the AFA approved a tentative agreement that was reached on Jan. 7 between AFA and United for a flight attendants’ contract. The MEC is recommending the tentative agreement to UA flight attendants for their consideration and ratification....
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  • January 9, 2012

    United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants Reach Tentative Agreement United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) today announced that the United Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) informed UAL that the MEC has approved...
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  • January 9, 2012

    NMB Investigation Doesn’t Impact Tentative Agreement with United Flight Attendants The National Mediation Board (NMB) legal department today notified the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), the International Association of Machinists (IAM) and the company that it will conduct an investigation...
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  • January 8, 2012

    United Reaches Tentative Agreement with AFA for United Flight Attendants We reached a tentative agreement on Saturday with the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) on a labor contract for United flight attendants. The tentative agreement is subject to approval by...
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  • January 3, 2012

    Expedited negotiations with the AFA for a contract for United flight attendants are ongoing and scheduled to conclude on Friday, January 6....
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October 2011

  • October 18, 2011

    United and AFA engaged in the first week of expedited bargaining Oct. 10-14 in Washington, D.C. The parties have agreed to a process that limits their respective proposals to 12 major issues each, and provides for an aggressive schedule of...
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September 2011

  • September 7, 2011

    On Aug. 23-25, the Company and Union Negotiating Committees met in Chicago, along with NMB mediator John Livingood. During negotiation sessions last month and in previous months, the parties have explored a system to allow reserves to indicate preferences for...
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  • September 2, 2011

    The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) and United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) announced today that they have agreed on a new expedited mediation process modeled on the National Mediation Board’s Expedited Mediation Program. The company and the AFA will...
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August 2011

  • August 1, 2011

    United and AFA negotiators met in Chicago with National Mediation Board (NMB) mediator John Livingood on July 19-21. The discussions focused on reserve scheduling, Section 10 of our contract. United and AFA negotiators have engaged in a constructive exchange of...
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June 2011

  • June 29, 2011

    The National Mediation Board today announced the results of the representation election for United flight attendants. The Association of Flight Attendants received 11,942 votes and the International Association of Machinists received 9,745 votes. This is another important step forward in...
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