US Airways 2004 Annual Report Download - page 11

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Employees and Labor Relations
The Company's businesses are labor intensive with wages, salaries and benefits representing approximately 28% of the Company's operating expenses
during 2004.
As of December 31, 2004, the Company employed 10,712 full-time and 2,576 part-time employees, for a full-time equivalent of 11,893 employees.
A large majority of the employees of the major airlines in the United States are represented by labor unions. In addition, on August 18, 2004, the National
Mediation Board certified the IBT as the collective bargaining representative for the Company's passenger service employees, which includes the Company's
customer service agents, reservations agents and customer relations agents. Negotiations are expected to begin in April 2005. As illustrated in the table below,
the majority of employees have selected union representation and/or negotiated collective bargaining agreements with AWA. Although there are few
remaining employee groups who could engage in organization efforts, we cannot predict the outcome of any future efforts to organize those remaining
employees or the terms of any future labor agreements or the effect, if any, on the Company's or AWA's operations or financial performance. For more
discussion, see "Risk Factors Relating to the Company and Industry Related Risks — Negotiations with labor unions could divert management attention and
disrupt operations and new collective bargaining agreements or amendments to existing collective bargaining agreements could increase our labor costs and
operating expenses."
Employee Approx. No. Contract Contract
Group of Employees Union Effective Amendable
Pilots 1,857 Air Line Pilots Association December 2003 December 2006
Dispatchers 38 Transport Workers Union September 2004 April 2008 (1)
Mechanics and related personnel* 844 International Brotherhood of Teamsters October 1998 October 2003* (2)
Flight Attendants* 2,580 Association of Flight Attendants–
Communications Workers of America May 1999 May 2004* (3)
Fleet Service 2,221 Transport Workers Union June 2000 June 2005
Stock Clerks 68 International Brotherhood of Teamsters April 2003 April 2008
* In contract negotiations.
(1) On September 10, 2004, the Company's dispatchers, represented by the Transport Workers Union, voted to ratify a second contract, becoming
amendable in April 2008.
(2) Negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters – Airline Division or "IBT," on a second contract covering the Company's mechanics and
related employees commenced on October 9, 2003 and are ongoing.
(3) Negotiations with the Association of Flight Attendants – Communications Workers of America or "AFA," on a second contract covering the Company's
flight attendants commenced on February 4, 2004 and are ongoing. 8