DENVER — On Thursday, 150 United Airways workers picketed at Denver Worldwide Airport, expressing frustration after greater than two years of contract negotiations.
“It is time for United to get critical and acknowledge the work that we do,” mentioned Chris Bruton, the Affiliation of Flight Attendants’ native council president.
Bruton has been a United Airways flight attendant for 32 years.
“It is unrecognizable from once I first began. The hours are longer. The pay in comparison with what it was 20 years in the past, 10 years in the past, has not saved up with inflation,” he mentioned.
Denver7 requested the pay scale for United Attendants. The corporate would not launch precise numbers however did say the pay is ready by the contract with the Affiliation of Flight Attendants and varies on how lengthy attendants have labored with the corporate.
The quantity of compensation is one sticking level for the union. The opposite is getting paid for “floor time.”
“We spend numerous time between flights, numerous time throughout delays, boarding, deplaning. And that point, we do not receives a commission for that,” defined Bruton.
United Airways is now Denver’s most flown airline. The expansion rivals United’s personal hub — Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport. Based on United, O’Hare sees as much as 500 each day departures on common. The corporate mentioned DIA sees greater than 450.
Based on the most up-to-date knowledge out of DIA from August 2023, attendants manning United DIA flights have served 19,817,934 passengers yr up to now.
“We spend extra time with passengers than anybody. United’s success depends upon the work that we do,” mentioned Bruton.
United Airways declined an interview, however did launch an announcement saying it’s seeing “good progress” in negotiations.
“We’re seeing good progress in our negotiations with the Affiliation of Flight Attendants and closed out six sections of our contract with them on Wednesday. We’re hopeful that this progress will present momentum towards our purpose of reaching an industry-leading settlement. All United flights will function as deliberate whereas our flight attendants train their proper to distribute info and picket whereas off-duty.”
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