Yunkurin ma'aikatan jirgin na United Airlines don kare ayyukan Amurkawa yayin da ake la'akari da shigar da riga-kafi don shiga cikin Continental tare da United da Star Alliance, suna ɗaukar ma'ana mai ban mamaki a wannan makon biyo bayan sanarwar da United ta yi na korar ma'aikatan jirgin 2,150 a wannan faɗuwar. Ma'aikatan jirgin, wanda kungiyar masu halartar jirgin sama-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) ta wakilta a kamfanin jiragen sama na United Airlines, suna matsawa Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Amurka a wani kamfen da ke ci gaba da taimakawa wajen dakile asarar ayyukan yi.
"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 wanzu saboda dalili, gami da kariyar masu amfani kamar yadda ma'aikatar shari'a ta bayyana kwanan nan, da kuma kariyar ayyukan da ke da ma'ana sosai a yanayin tattalin arzikin yau."
Mambobin kungiyar ma'aikatan jirgin sun tuntubi majalisa tare da kiran gwamnatin tsawon makonni a wani kamfen na yin amfani da babban binciken kawancen jiragen sama. Kamar yadda gudanarwar United Airlines ta taimaka wajen haɓaka Star Alliance zuwa mafi girma a duniya a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, ma'aikatan jirgin da ke jigilar kaya 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 na tabbatar da kariyar ayyuka a cikin duk wani amincewar kawancen jirgin sama da kuma musamman kamfani na Continental da United Airlines a cikin Star Alliance.
Ma'aikatan jirgin sun haɗa damuwar mabukaci da damuwar ma'aikata a cikin ƙawancen kamfanonin jiragen sama yayin da suke matsa lamba ga gwamnati don duba sosai kan ayyukan Continental 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.
Jiya, 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 gwamnati da ta samar da tanadi mai dorewa da ma'ana da aka tsara don tabbatar da daidaiton matakan kariya ga ma'aikata." An buga cikakken wasiƙar a gidan yanar gizon ƙungiyar a www.unitedafa.org.
