United Airlines 2013 Annual Report Download - page 10

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facilities can be subject to liability for investigation and remediation costs at locations that have been identified as requiring response actions. The Company
also conducts voluntary environmental assessment and remediation actions. Environmental cleanup obligations can arise from, among other circumstances,
the operation of aircraft fueling facilities and primarily involve airport sites. Future costs associated with these activities are currently not expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business.
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As of December 31, 2013, UAL, including its subsidiaries, had approximately 87,000 employees. Approximately 80% of the Company’s employees were
represented by various U.S. labor organizations as of December 31, 2013.
Collective bargaining agreements between the Company and its represented employee groups are negotiated under the RLA. Such agreements typically do not
contain an expiration date and instead specify an amendable date, upon which the contract is considered “open for amendment.” The Company continues to
integrate its remaining employee groups in connection with the Merger, such process being governed by a combination of the RLA, the McCaskill-Bond
Amendment, and where applicable, the existing provisions of United’s collective bargaining agreements and union policies.
The following table reflects the Company’s represented employee groups, number of employees per represented group, union representation for each of
United’s employee groups where applicable, amendable date for each employee group’s collective bargaining agreement and whether the group is engaged in
negotiations for a joint collective bargaining agreement:
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


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
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
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21,121
Association of Flight Attendants December 2014/
February 2016 X X
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14,611
Int’l Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers January 2017 X
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12,970
Int’l Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers January 2017 X
 10,553 Air Line Pilots Association, International February 2017 X
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8,703
Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters December 2012/
June 2013 X X

916
Int’l Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers January 2017 X
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322
Transport Workers Union/Professional Airline
Flight Control Association
January 2014/
January 2010 X
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
 328
Int’l Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers
January 2010/
May 2014/
January 2017 X X
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93
Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters December 2012/
June 2013 X X
(a) The table includes the Company’s U.S. based (and Guam) union represented employees only.
(b) The respective amendable dates for those joint negotiations in progress reflect the remaining United, Continental and/or Continental Micronesia, Inc. (“CMI”) stand-alone agreements.
The Company cannot predict the outcome of negotiations with its unionized employee groups, although significant increases in the pay and benefits resulting
from new collective bargaining agreements would have an adverse financial impact on the Company. See Notes 15 and 17 to the financial statements included
in Part II, Item 8 of this report for more information on labor negotiations and costs.
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