Originally Posted by
Xjetter
not off to good start...
CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Airlines' [NYSE: UAL] labor woes continue as talks with International Brotherhood of Teamsters-represented aviation maintenance technicians and related workers stalled today.
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"We hoped to see a change in the airline's attitude toward its workers under the new leadership of CEO Oscar Munoz, but that has yet to be seen," Griswold said.
The Teamsters Airline Division represents 9,000 aircraft maintenance technicians and related workers at United Airlines, and over 80,000 workers in the aviation industry.
There is better than a 50/50 chance that the country will slip into recession. If that happens, the negotiating environment will quickly change and not for the better.