Ua wehe ʻo United Airlines i nā kamaʻilio i kēia mahina me nā uniona e hōʻike ana i ka 88 pakeneka o kāna mau limahana, ʻo ka ʻaelike mua loa mai ka haʻalele ʻana i ka panakalupa i ka makahiki 2006, ma waena o ka recession a me ka "canyon of distrust."
ʻOiai e ʻimi ana nā uniona no nā limahana 42,500 e hoʻihoʻi i ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi o nā uku a me nā pōmaikaʻi i nalowale i ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana o ʻekolu makahiki, e hoʻāʻo ʻo UAL Corp.'s United e hoʻokele i nā kumukūʻai ma waena o ka emi ʻana o ke kaʻa a me ʻelima mau poho o ka hapaha.
"United, a no ia mea, ʻo ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻohe ikaika kālā e hoʻokō i nā koi i waiho ʻia ma laila," wahi a Jerry Glass, ka pelekikena o ka hui kūkākūkā F&H Solutions Group ma Wakinekona. "E ho'āʻo ka mokulele e hāʻawi i kekahi mau hoʻonui no nā limahana, akā e hōʻoia pū ʻaʻole lākou e komo i kahi kūlana kahi e hana ai lākou ma mua o ka hiki ke loaʻa."
ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ʻae ʻana o nā uniona, 24,000 ʻoki hana i ka panakalupa a me 7,000 hou aʻe mai Iulai, a me kahi kuleana kaulike no nā limahana i nalowale i ka 86 pakeneka o kāna waiwai mai ka haʻalele ʻana o ke kolu o ka mokulele US nui loa i ka pale o ka ʻaha.
"Ua aneane he ʻumi makahiki mai ka manawa i loaʻa ai i kā mākou mau lālā ka manawa e hoʻololi ai i kā lākou mau ʻaelike kūkākūkā hui," wahi a Rich Delaney, ka pelekikena o kahi Machinists kūloko no nā limahana 16,000, me nā limahana ramp. "ʻO ka paʻakikī a mākou e kū nei i kēia mau kūkākūkā e hoʻopili ana i kahi canyon o ka hilinaʻi ʻole."
ʻEono Hui
Ua wehe ʻia nā kūkākūkā i nehinei me ka International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, kekahi o nā hui ʻeono ma Chicago-based United. Ua ʻoki ʻia ka uku o nā lālā i 13 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2003 a me 5.5 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2005.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo United i nā kūkākūkā ma ʻApelila 6 me ka Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, ʻo ia ka 16,000 mau kahu. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ka lā ʻapōpō me ka Air Line Pilots Association; me na Teamsters, e pani ana i na mechanics, ma ka la 14 o Aperila; a me ʻelua hui liʻiliʻi ma ka lā 10 ʻApelila a me ʻApelila 15.
"Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou i kā mākou kamaʻilio wehe ʻana," wahi a Jean Medina, kahi ʻōlelo a United. ʻO ka pahuhopu "nā kūkākūkā hui e hopena i nā ʻaelike e hāʻawi i ka paʻa no kā mākou hui a me kā mākou poʻe."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Douglas Runte, ka luna hoʻomalu ma Piper Jaffray & Co. ma New York, ʻo nā uniona "he naʻaupō loa" e manaʻo e loaʻa hou ka hapa nui o kā lākou ʻae ʻana i ka panakalupa ma kahi ʻoihana. Hiki iā United ke hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka "quality-of-life" i ʻole e lawe i nā kumukūʻai koʻikoʻi, wahi a Runte, ʻaʻole ia e helu i ke kumukūʻai.
Ua piʻi ʻo UAL i 23 keneta, a i ʻole 4.2 pakeneka, i $ 5.70 i ka hola 4 pm New York manawa ma ke kālepa kūʻai kūʻai ʻo Nasdaq. Ua hāʻule nā ʻāpana he 75 pakeneka i nā mahina he 12 i hala.
Nā Pākuʻi ʻOihana
Me nā ʻaelike hou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi mau uniona ma nā mea lawe e like me Delta Air Lines Inc., ka mea nui loa o ka honua, ʻo United paha kekahi o nā ʻoihana ʻelua ʻoihana ma waena o ka hoʻokele a me ka hana i kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka American Airlines o AMR Corp., ka lua o ka moku nui loa o ka honua, ke kamaʻilio pū nei me nā uniona e pani ana i kāna mau hui hana nui. Ke kamaʻilio nei nā pailaka ma laila pehea lākou e paʻi ai i ko lākou hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana mai ka makahiki 2006.
ʻOiai ʻo ke kānāwai federal ka mea paʻakikī i ka holo ʻana o ka mokulele - ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa hope loa o ka US ma kahi mea lawe kaʻa nui i ka makahiki 1997 - hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana i loko o ka picketing ma nā terminals, nā hoʻopiʻi no ka hoʻomaha ʻana o ka hana a me nā hoʻopiʻi no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā uniona.
Pilots Versus Airline
ʻO ka hakakā ma waena o United a me kāna mau pailaka ma mua o nā kamaʻilio hana.
Ma Malaki, ua kākoʻo kahi ʻaha hoʻopiʻi US i kahi kauoha e pāpā ana i ka mokuna ALPA o United mai ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kelepona maʻi a me ka hōʻole ʻana i nā hana lele i koi ʻia e kāpae ʻia ma mua o 300 mau mokulele mai Mei 31 a ʻAukake 1.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna o ka Mokuna ʻo Steve Wallach, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o nā kelepona maʻi "he hui wale nō," ʻaʻole ia he hana hui. I ʻAukake, ua lawe ka poʻe hoʻokele i ka Luna Nui ʻo Glenn Tilton, 60, e hoʻomaka ana i kahi pūnaewele no ke koi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia o ka Luna Nui nāna i alakaʻi iā UAL i ka panakalupa i Dekemaba 2002 a hoʻokele iā ia ma Feb. 1, 2006.
ʻO ka emi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o UAL mai ia manawa ʻo ia ka lua o ka pōʻino loa ma waena o nā mea lawe 13 ma ka Bloomberg US Airlines Index a ua holoi ʻia ka hapa nui o ka waiwai o ka ʻāpana kaulike o $2 biliona i hāʻawi ʻia i nā limahana no ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā lākou penihana.
Pohō
Ua kauo paha ka pohō o ka hui ma ka hapaha mua, me ka hapa o $4.20 i ka mahele, e pili ana i ka awelika kuhi o 10 mau mea noiʻi i noiʻi ʻia e Bloomberg.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi ma UAL ʻo nā kumukūʻai jet-fuel i piʻi i kahi moʻolelo i ka makahiki i hala. Ua hāʻule nā kaʻa kaʻa ma nā hana mokulele nui o United no ka liʻiliʻi o 14 mau mahina pololei a hiki i Malaki.
Me kēlā mau koi i ka ʻoihana, pono paha nā limahana o United e hoʻonāukiuki i kā lākou koi. E pōmaikaʻi nā mokulele a me nā limahana mai nā ʻaelike e uku i ka uku haʻahaʻa me nā bonus no ka hālāwai ʻana i nā pahuhopu kālā a i ʻole nā hana, e like me ka mea aʻoaʻo ʻo Glass a me Piper Jaffray's Runte.
"ʻAʻohe kālā ma laila, i ke kaiapuni o kēia manawa, e hāʻawi i nā hoʻonui uku nui i ka hana, ʻaʻohe mea e pono ai lākou," wahi a Runte.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In August, the pilots took on Chief Executive Officer Glenn Tilton, 60, starting a Web site to demand the ouster of the CEO who led UAL into bankruptcy in December 2002 and steered it out on Feb.
- Looming over the talks are memories of union concessions, 24,000 job cuts in bankruptcy and 7,000 more since July, and an equity stake for employees that has lost 86 percent of its value since the third-largest U.
- Airlines Index and has erased most of the value of the $2 billion equity stake given to employees in exchange for the termination of their pensions.
