United Airlines Bargaining Update 4.16.25

Teamsters Blast United for Breaking Promise to Deliver Updated Scope Proposal

United Airlines is once again dragging its feet at the bargaining table. Yesterday, the committee demanded that the company follow through on its commitment to deliver a new scope proposal this week — a promise management made weeks ago. But for the third consecutive day of bargaining, United showed up empty-handed.

Worse yet, United told the committee it was not prepared to offer any job protections, even though we rejected the company’s previous anti-worker scope proposal by an overwhelming 99.5 percent. Instead, United floated a vague proposal of wage increases as a substitute for meaningful scope protections.

“United broke its promise to deliver a new proposal, and our members will not tolerate this disrespect,” said Clacy Griswold, Chairman of the United Airlines Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. “The company is trying to buy off our job security with wage talk — but that’s never going to happen. If United wants to keep wasting our time, they’ll be met with the full force of the Teamsters Union.”

With no new scope proposal to review, the committee used the day to prepare proposals for remaining sections of the contract, including Article 5: Filling of Vacancies, Article 12: Field Trips, Article 14: Safety and Health, and Article 17: Overtime. These will continue to be worked on internally until United brings a serious scope proposal to the table.

“This is the second straight session the company has come to the table with nothing. Either United has no idea what it’s doing, or it’s deliberately lying to us to stall negotiations,” said John Laurin, lead technician from Local 856 and a member of the negotiating committee. “Ever since we overwhelmingly rejected United’s last scope proposal, the company has been hellbent on dragging its feet. It’s unacceptable, and United Airlines Teamsters aren’t putting up with it.”

The next bargaining session is scheduled for April 29 to May 1 in Los Angeles.