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Special
Edition, Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Machinists at UAL Reject Contract Offer
Washington,
D.C., February 13, 2002 - By a wide margin, United Airlines mechanic
and related employees voted yesterday to reject a contract offer by
the carrier that included terms imposed by a Presidential Emergency
Board.
"Our negotiators opposed the emergency board's involvement," said Scotty
Ford, District 141-M president and lead negotiator for the mechanics
group. "Their proposals fell short of what we felt we could achieve
in direct negotiations.
The results of today's vote shows our members agree." The 13,000 mechanic
and related employees, represented by the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) have been in direct and federally
mediated negotiations with United Airlines since December, 1999.
With nearly 90 percent of eligible members voting, 68 percent voted
to reject the proposal. In separate voting, 86 percent of the membership
authorized a strike at United if an enhanced agreement cannot be hammered
out.
Tom Buffenbarger, International President of the Machinists Union, urged
an immediate resumption of negotiations with United Airlines. "We will
travel anywhere, and meet around the clock if necessary for the next
six days to reach an agreement," said Buffenbarger. "My advice to Congress
and the President remains the same: stay out of this and we will get
it done."
"If we achieve significant improvements - and I suspect we will - we
will schedule a vote of the membership by mid-March," said Robert Roach,
Jr., IAM General Vice President of Transportation.
In separate negotiations, IAM District 141, representing 30,000 Ramp
& Stores, Public Contact, Food Services and Security Officers continues
to meet in mediated talks with United Airlines. Both IAM districts have
been in negotiations with United Airlines since December 1999. All IAM
contracts with United became amendable on July 12, 2000.
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