United Airlines 2012 Annual Report Download - page 143

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Labor Negotiations.
As of December 31, 2012, UAL, including its subsidiaries, had approximately 88,000 employees. As of December 31, 2012, United had approximately
47,000 employees and Continental had approximately 41,000 employees. Approximately 80% of the combined Company’s employees were represented by
various U.S. labor organizations as of December 31, 2012.
During 2012, various labor agreements were reached between union representatives and the Company. On December 15, 2012, the pilots for both United and
Continental ratified a joint collective bargaining agreement with the Company. In February 2013, the Company reached tentative agreements on new joint
collective bargaining agreements with the IAM for the fleet service, passenger service and storekeeper workgroups at the United, Continental, Continental
Micronesia and Mileage Plus subsidiaries. The tentative agreements with the IAM cover more than 28,000 employees and are subject to ratification by the IAM
members. We are also currently in the process of negotiating joint collective bargaining agreements with all of our other major represented groups. Several other
collective bargaining agreements were reached with unions at each of our subsidiaries during 2012, including with the United flight attendants in February
2012, the Continental Micronesia aircraft technicians in May 2012, the Continental pilot ground instructors in June 2012 and the Continental Micronesia
flight attendants in August 2012.
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