I-United Airlines ivula iingxoxo nabasebenzi abangama-88% phakathi kokudodobala

I-United Airlines ivula iingxoxo kule nyanga kunye nemibutho emele i-88 yepesenti yabasebenzi bayo, i-contract yokuqala yokuxoxisana ukususela ekuphumeni kwebhanki ngo-2006, phakathi kokudodobala koqoqosho kunye "ne-canyon yokungathembani."

Ngelixa iimanyano zabasebenzi abangama-42,500 zifuna ukubuyisela ubuncinci intlawulo kunye nezibonelelo ezilahlekileyo kuhlengahlengiso lweminyaka emithathu yomphathi, i-UAL Corp.'s United iya kuzama ukulawula iindleko phakathi kokuhla kwetrafikhi kunye nelahleko ezintlanu zekota.

“Simanyene, kwaye kulo mba, ishishini, alinawo amandla emali okuhlangabezana neemfuno ezibekwe phaya,” utshilo uJerry Glass, umongameli wefemu yokucebisa iF&H Solutions Group eWashington. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya "iya kuzama ukonyuka okuthile kubasebenzi, kodwa ikwaqinisekisa ukuba abangeni kwimeko apho benza ngaphezulu kunokuba banakho."

Ezo ngxoxo zisemnyango ziinkumbulo zokunyinyiselwa kwemibutho yabasebenzi, ukuncitshiswa kwemisebenzi engama-24,000 ngenxa yokungabinamali kunye nama-7,000 ngaphezulu ukususela ngoJulayi, kunye nezabelo zezabelo zabasebenzi eziphulukene nama-86 ekhulwini exabiso lazo ukususela oko inkampani yenqwelomoya yesithathu ngobukhulu yase-US yashiya ukhuselo lwenkundla.

“Sele kusondele ishumi leminyaka ekubeni amalungu ethu efumene ithuba lokucebisa ngotshintsho kwizivumelwano zabo zothethathethwano,” utshilo uRich Delaney, umongameli weMachinists wasekhaya kubasebenzi abayi-16,000, kubandakanya nabasebenzi be-ramp. “Umngeni esijongene nawo kolu thethwano kukuvala umwonyo wokungathembani.”

Iimanyano ezintandathu

Iingxoxo zivulwe izolo kunye ne-International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, enye yemibutho emithandathu e-Chicago-based United. Imivuzo yamalungu yacuthwa nge-13 lepesenti ngo-2003 kunye ne-5.5 yepesenti ngo-2005.

I-United yaqala uthethathethwano nge-6 ka-Epreli kunye noMbutho wabaSebenzi beenqwelomoya-CWA, emele abali-16,000. Uthethathethwano luqala ngomso kunye noMbutho wabaqhubi beenqwelomoya; kunye neTeamsters, emele oomatshini, ngoAprili 14; kunye neemanyano ezimbini ezincinci nge-10 ka-Epreli kunye ne-15 ka-Epreli.

“Siqala iintetho zethu zokuvula,” utshilo uJean Medina, isithethi saseUnited States. Injongo “ziingxoxo zentsebenziswano ezikhokelela kwizivumelwano ezinika uzinzo kwinkampani yethu nakubantu bethu.”

UDouglas Runte, umlawuli olawulayo ePiper Jaffray & Co. eNew York, uthe iimanyano zabasebenzi ziya kuba “zingekho ngqiqweni ngokuyingozi” ukulindela ukubuyisela uninzi lweemvumelwano zabo zokutshona ekuwohlokeni kweshishini. I-United inokukwazi ukunika uphuculo “lomgangatho wobomi” olungathwali ndleko zibalulekileyo, utshilo uRunte, ongalinganisi isitokhwe.

I-UAL yenyuka i-23 cents, okanye i-4.2 ipesenti, ukuya kwi-$ 5.70 kwi-4 pm eNew York ixesha kwi-stock market yaseNasdaq. Izabelo ziye zawa ngeepesenti ze-75 kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo ze-12.

Imboniselo Flashpoints

Ngeekhontrakthi ezitsha endaweni ubuncinci imibutho ethile kubathwali kubandakanya iDelta Air Lines Inc., eyona inkulu ehlabathini, iUnited inokuba yenye yezinto ezimbini ezibonisa ushishino phakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi kulo nyaka.

I-AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, eyesibini ngobukhulu emhlabeni, ikwakwiingxoxo neemanyano ezimele onke amaqela ayo amakhulu abasebenzi. Abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya apho baxoxa ngendlela abaza kuqhankqalaza ngayo njengoko besenza iingxoxo malunga no-2006.

Ngelixa umthetho we-federal wenza ukuba ukuhamba kweenqwelo moya kube nzima - ugwayimbo lokugqibela lomqhubi wenqwelomoya e-US kwindawo ephetheyo yayingo-1997 - ukuxoxisana kunokuphumela ekuchongeni kwiindawo zokuthengisa, izityholo zokucotha komsebenzi kunye nezityholo zokubetha imanyano.

Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya Versus Airline

Ukruthakruthwano phakathi kwe-United kunye nabaqhubi bayo kwandulela iintetho zabasebenzi.

Ngo-Matshi, inkundla yezibheno yase-US yawuxhasa umthetho othintela isahluko se-ALPA e-United States ekuxhaseni iminxeba yokugula kunye nokwaliwa kwezabelo ezibhabhayo ezinyanzelise ukurhoxiswa kweenqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwama-300 ukusuka nge-31 kaMeyi ukuya kwi-1 ka-Agasti.

USihlalo weSahluko uSteve Wallach uthe ukunyuka kweefowuni zokugula "yayiyinto eyenzeka ngebhaqo," hayi iinzame zomanyano. Ngo-Agasti, abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya bathatha iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko uGlenn Tilton, oneminyaka engama-60, baqala i-Web site befuna ukugxothwa kwe-CEO eyakhokelela i-UAL kwi-bankruptcy ngoDisemba 2002 kwaye wayikhupha ngoFebruwari 1, 2006.

Ukuhla kwe-stock ye-UAL ukususela ngoko kukwesibini kumbi phakathi kwabathwali be-13 kwi-Bloomberg US Airlines Index kwaye iye yacima uninzi lwexabiso le-2 yeebhiliyoni ze-equity stake enikwe abasebenzi ukuze bapheliswe imali yabo yomhlalaphantsi.

Ilahleko Streak

Ilahleko yenkampani mhlawumbi itsalwe kwikota yokuqala, kunye nentsilelo ye-4.20 yeedola ngesabelo, ngokusekelwe kuqikelelo oluqhelekileyo lwabahlalutyi be-10 abaphononongwe yiBloomberg.

Ukongeza kuxinzelelo kwi-UAL yayingamaxabiso e-jet-fuel anyuke afikelela kwirekhodi kunyaka ophelileyo. Ukugcwala kwabakhweli kwezona nkqubo ziphambili zejethi ye-United ziye zawa kangangeenyanga ezili-14 ezithe ngqo ukuya kuthi ga ngoMatshi.

Ngolu xinzelelo kwishishini, abasebenzi baseUnited kuya kufuneka bafezekise iimfuno zabo. Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya kunye nabasebenzi baya kuxhamla kwiikontraka ezihlawula umvuzo omncinci kunye neebhonasi zokuhlangabezana neenjongo zemali okanye zokusebenza, ngokutsho komcebisi weGlass kunye noPiper Jaffray's Runte.

"Akukho mali apho, kwimeko yangoku, yokubonelela ngokunyuka kwemivuzo emsebenzini, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bafaneleke kangakanani," kusho uRunte.