United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) today announced that they reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract for mechanics at United.

If anyone knows in general terms of what the got vs what they had it would be good to hear about it.

 

From another site, for those interested.

-Maintain current UA medical benefits.
-Signing bonus of $11,500.
-Early out program with a max of $75,000 per eligible employees.
-Same pay scale as CO MX

 

What you quoted above is a summary of what they gained since their first TA failed. They are now to vote again on a TA. To help give you a better idea of the total movement for them below is a summary of the initial TA that failed. The new TA will include what you've written above as well as what I included below. Also, this is not a JCBA. This is just for the UAL mechanic side, to bring them up to CAL levels. Next will be a seccond bite at the apple for a JCBA for UAL, CAL, and Air Mic.

Summary of TA that failed:

Voting “yes” to our transitional tentative agreement (TA) at UAL means voting to improve our wages and gain real job protections. Once we’ve voted to ratify this TA, we will immediately go into combined negotiations with UAL-CAL, where we intend to make more gains. Under this transi- tional TA we will make the following improvements to wages and benefits; scope language and job protections; and health care.

Wages & Benefits:
• The average mechanic will receive $27,000 in wage increases over the 30-month contract.
• Mechanics receiving an additional (second) license during the period of the agreement will earn approximately $11,000 more than the above stated $27,000 for an increase of about $38,000.
• Double time will be restored, as will two holidays and double time-and-a-half on holidays.
• All employees on the active payroll list will receive a $3,000 past wage credit upon ratification of the TA.

Scope Language & Job Protections:
• The TA establishes that “the Company shall not contract out work.”
• Strong scope language mirrors the language in the Teamster Continental contract which resulted in an increase in the mechanic force when UAL was outsourcing jobs.
• No more “blended work.”
• Furlough protection will apply to all mechanics, not just those with October 1989 or earlier seniority dates.
• Explicit protection has been negotiated for the SFO Maintenance Center.
• System bumping rights will be based on seniority, substantially reducing the possibility of furloughs.

Health Care:
• The TA provides for maintenance of benefits until 2013.
• A committee will be established within 30 days of ratification to explore options for health care.
• If there is no new combined agreement by January 1, 2013, we will have the CAL health plan and will receive a 2.5 percent wage increase to offset additional costs.
For all the details about the TA, go to Tentative Agreement for UA Teamsters | International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)

Hope this helps

 

T Dawg, thanks for posting this. It looks like they did quite well.