United Airlines' Maintenance Technicians Turn Down Contract Offer

United Airlines (UAL) suffered a setback on the labor front when its technicians rejected a contract offer to outsource work to China. An overwhelming 99.5% of the technicians, represented by teamsters, deemed the proposal disgraceful.They believed that these were attempts by UAL to cut their wages and send work to China. Expressing their disapproval, Teamsters’ general president Sean M. O'Brien and Airline Division’s director Chris Griswold stated, "United Airlines' executives think they can strong-arm 10, ...