Ma'aikatan jirgin, wanda Ƙungiyar Masu halartar Jirgin-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) ke wakilta a United Airlines, suna latsa DOT don tabbatar da kare ayyukan Amurka yayin la'akari da shigar da riga-kafi don shiga Continental tare da United Airlines kuma Star Alliance. Ƙoƙarin ma'aikatan jirgin yana ɗaukar ma'ana mai ban mamaki a wannan makon biyo bayan sanarwar da United Airlines ta yi na yin watsi da Masu Haɗin gwiwar Jirgin 2,150 a wannan faɗuwar.
"Fiye da kowane lokaci a bayyane yake cewa ayyukan Amurka wani bangare ne na tattalin arzikin Amurka. Gwamnatinmu tana da alhakin tabbatar da harkokin kasuwanci sun kare damar samun guraben ayyukan yi na Amurka, ”in ji Greg Davidowitch, shugaban AFA-CWA a kamfanin jiragen sama na United Airlines. "Dokokin yaki da amana na kasarmu sun kasance saboda dalili, gami da kariyar masu amfani kamar yadda Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta bayyana kwanan nan da kuma kariyar ayyukan da ke daukar ma'ana mafi girma a yanayin tattalin arzikin yau."
Membobin ƙungiyar ma'aikatan jirgin sun tuntuɓar Majalisa kuma suna kiran Gwamnatin tsawon makonni a cikin wani kamfen don yin amfani da ƙarin bincike game da kawancen jiragen sama da kuma taimakawa rage asarar ayyukan yi. Kamar yadda Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta United Airlines ta taimaka wajen haɓaka Star Alliance zuwa mafi girma a duniya cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, Masu halartar Jirgin a jirgin sun sami asarar kusan rabin matsayinsu ko ayyuka 12,000. Sanarwar furlough na baya-bayan nan ta sake nuna mahimmancin yanayin ƙoƙarin ma'aikatan jirgin don tabbatar da kariyar ayyuka a cikin duk wani amincewar haɗin gwiwar kamfanin jirgin sama, musamman ma kamfani na Continental da United Airlines a cikin Star Alliance.
Ma'aikatan jirgin sun haɗa damuwar mabukaci da damuwar ma'aikata a cikin kawancen jiragen sama yayin da suke matsa lamba ga Hukumar don duba sosai kan kasuwancin nahiyoyi da United. Damuwar adawa da gasa ta cikin gida da ta duniya da Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta gano kai tsaye suna da alaƙa da irin yanayin da ke haifar da asarar aiki. Farashin farashi ya tashi yayin da ake rage yawan tashin jirage lokacin da aka share duk gasa.
Talata, Davidowitch ya sake rubutawa Ma'aikatar Sufuri a madadin Ma'aikatan Jirgin United Airlines. "Yayin da Ma'aikatar Sufuri ke kula da sake duba matsalolin da Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta yi dalla-dalla, a matsayin wani bangare na kowane umarni na karshe muna sake kira ga Hukumar da ta samar da tanadi mai dorewa da ma'ana da aka tsara don tabbatar da daidaiton ma'auni na kariya ga ma'aikata."
