United Airlines mechanics to vote on new labour agreement
The union that represents 9,000 mechanics at United Continental said it signed off on the terms of a new tentative labour contract and intends to put it out to a membership vote in the coming weeks. If the agreement is approved by a majority of the workers, it would mark the mechanics’ first joint labour contract since the 2010 merger of United and Continental. They would be the final unionised group to cross that threshold, which would represent a victory for new United CE Oscar Munoz, who has pledged to improve labour relations at the airline. The pact would give the mechanics a US$185m signing bonus and immediately raise top pay scales by 28%, to $47.31 an hour. About 80% of the workers are senior enough to be at top scale. Overall, wages would rise 36.5% over the term of the contract. <br/>
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United Airlines mechanics to vote on new labour agreement
The union that represents 9,000 mechanics at United Continental said it signed off on the terms of a new tentative labour contract and intends to put it out to a membership vote in the coming weeks. If the agreement is approved by a majority of the workers, it would mark the mechanics’ first joint labour contract since the 2010 merger of United and Continental. They would be the final unionised group to cross that threshold, which would represent a victory for new United CE Oscar Munoz, who has pledged to improve labour relations at the airline. The pact would give the mechanics a US$185m signing bonus and immediately raise top pay scales by 28%, to $47.31 an hour. About 80% of the workers are senior enough to be at top scale. Overall, wages would rise 36.5% over the term of the contract. <br/>
