United Airlines Flight Attendants Statement on Union Coalition Plan
Statement of Greg Davidowitch, UAL AFA MEC President
CHICAGO, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-
CIO, United Airlines Master Executive Council President Greg Davidowitch
issued this statement today following his meeting with the leaders of the
other unions representing workers at United and the airline's CEO Glenn
Tilton:
"Being a part of the solution that assists United in surviving its near-
term financial crisis is central to our goal of ensuring that the Flight
Attendants' long-term interests are represented.
"By bringing in a new CEO, Glenn Tilton, United now has the leadership
with the vision, plan and commitment needed to turn our airline around. With
this leadership in place, AFA and the other Unions at United have developed an
alternative framework for a recovery program that will provide United with $5
billion in total labor cost savings over the next five years -- including
significant savings from management. Now United can successfully amend its
application for a loan guarantee from the Air Transportation Stabilization
Board, get access to near-term financing, avoid bankruptcy, and rebuild."
The United Union Coalition includes representatives from AFA, Airline
Pilot's Association; the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers, Districts 141 and 141-M; the Professional Airline Flight Control
Association; and the Transport Workers Union of America.
More than 50,000 Flight Attendants, including the 26,000 Flight Attendants
at United, join together to form AFA, the world's largest Flight Attendant
union. Visit us at http://www.unitedafa.org .
Roger
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