Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
Along similar lines, I talked with a CAL FA friend of mine that said the union and company want to have a contract in place by November. I thought she was talking about the COMBINED contract with UA FAs when she said that this was strictly the CAL FA contract to last them until full combination. I guess it has something to do with two different unions. Maybe it is the same for mechanics. Something to help them transition until there is a full combination, a new union election (or choice) and then a combined contract along with seniority.
Not sure if having different unions have much to do with it. UAL flight attendants have taken a different track than the pilots. They're currently negotiating to renew their own individual contract, which they've stipulated is necessary to be completed before they will entertain a joint collective agreement with CAL FA. As far as I know they have yet to acknowledge the marriage of the two companies.