A yau, Ma'aikatan Kula da Jiragen Sama (AMTs) da United Airlines ke aiki a duk faɗin ƙasar sun yi taro don ba da shawarar samar da sabuwar kwangila daga kamfanin jirgin sama. Suna kira don haɓaka albashi, haɓaka ƙa'idodin aminci, da ƙarin fa'idodin kula da lafiya. Duk da kasancewar sama da ma'aikatan fasaha sama da 10,000 waɗanda ke tabbatar da aikin jiragen ruwa na United cikin aminci, kamfanin jirgin ya ja baya a tattaunawarsa da ƙungiyar, bayan da aka cimma matsaya kan wani kaso guda na kwangilar bayan zagaye biyu na cinikin gamayya.
"United Airlines yana aiki ɗaya daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa a duniya kuma yana samar da biliyoyin riba kowace shekara. Sai dai wadannan ribar ba ta kai ga ma’aikatan da ke da matukar muhimmanci wajen kula da ayyukan kamfanin,” inji shi Stersungiyar wasa Shugaba Sean M. O'Brien. "United ta yi imanin cewa za ta iya yin amfani da kuma rarraba ma'aikatanta ta hanyar jinkirta tattaunawa. Teamsters suna da dabara daban. Ina alfahari da cewa membobinmu a United sun haɗa kai a ƙoƙarinsu kuma suna bayyana wa kamfanin cewa ba za su ƙara jure wa wannan yanayin ba. Mun kuduri aniyar tabbatar da wata yarjejeniya mai mahimmanci, ba tare da la'akari da dabarun United da ci gaba da rashin kulawa ba."
Ƙungiyoyin sun shirya zanga-zangar a filayen jiragen sama a biranen da suka haɗa da Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dulles, Virginia, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, New Jersey, San Francisco, da Orlando da Tampa, Florida. Wannan matakin na United Airlines ya biyo bayan sanarwar da ma'aikatan jirgin suka yi na kashi 99.99 na kuri'ar amincewa da yajin aikin kamfanin. Ma'aikatan jirgin suna ba da shawara ga yawancin abubuwan haɓaka iri ɗaya waɗanda Teamsters ke nema, kamar manyan diyya na masana'antu, ingantattun fa'idodin kiwon lafiya, da haɓaka matakan tsaro ga duka ma'aikata da fasinjoji.
“Gwagwarmayarmu ta wuce samar da kwangilar da za ta yi mulki cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa. Muna ba da shawarwari ga yarjejeniyar da za ta sake fayyace ka'idojin masana'antu don al'ummomin United AMTs na gaba, "in ji Martin Acosta, ƙwararren ƙwararren shekaru bakwai a United kuma memba na Teamsters Local 769. "Kamar yadda tsohon soja AMTs ke shirin yin ritaya, United zai buƙaci jawo hankalin ƙwararrun masu fasaha. Idan ba mu cimma wata yarjejeniya ba, hakan yana nuna cewa United ba ta yaba mahimmancin gudummawar da muke bayarwa don tabbatar da amincin jiragenta da abokan cinikinta ba."
