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.
