United Airlines Bargaining Update 4.1.25

Teamsters Demand the Return of Maintenance Work During First Session in Orlando

After United Airlines technicians rejected the company’s most recent proposal by 99.5 percent, the United Airlines Teamsters National Negotiating Committee resumed bargaining Tuesday with a clear demand: stop outsourcing critical maintenance work overseas. 

During the session, the national negotiating committee presented evidence of the airline’s outsourcing practices and demanded the return of both light and heavy maintenance checks to domestic stations. The committee also stressed that work taken away during the pandemic must return and that current work must be protected from outsourcing and line shifts from the company. 

“United Airlines Teamsters sent a crystal-clear message to the company: we need work to come back and stay in the United States,” said Clacy Griswold, Chairman of the United Airlines Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. “We will stop at nothing to protect our members from corporate greed and ensuring the safety of the flying public. United doesn’t get to arbitrarily decide when to add or take away work from our members.” 

“United’s last proposal was a slap in the face. We have never been more insulted,” said Gus Pappas, an inspector from Local 769 serving on the negotiating committee. “If this company thinks they can keep squeezing more profits out of us by cutting jobs and sending work overseas, they’ve got another thing coming. We are fired up. United better come back with a serious offer.” 

Negotiations in Orlando will continue through Thursday, April 3.