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Title: Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against ALPA to
Protect United Customers, Employees
Date(s): 11/18/2008 8:32:00 AM
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Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against ALPA to Protect
United Customers, Employees
Court Puts Halt to Union's Unlawful Job Actions That Disrupted
Operations
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A federal court granted
United Airlines' motion for a preliminary injunction against the Air
Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and four individual pilots, putting a
halt to a deliberate, organized and unlawful campaign of sick leave
abuse, pilot intimidation and other actions that resulted in the
cancellation of hundreds of flights, inconvenienced thousands of
customers and cost United millions of dollars in lost revenues.
The court determined that ALPA's actions were in violation of the
Railway Labor Act, which governs labor relations in the U.S. airline
industry. United filed the lawsuit seeking relief from the court on July
30, 2008.
In its ruling, the court found that the public interest mandates that
ALPA cannot organize and support activity designed to disrupt United's
operations and also must exert every reasonable effort to stop any
organized disruption that occurs. With a preliminary injunction in
place, the company will seek a permanent injunction to conclude the
process.
"This is an important ruling because it means our customers and
employees will not be subject to ALPA's illegal actions intended to
disrupt our operations and intimidate our employees. We will continue to
be decisive and proactive in taking all steps necessary to ensure the
success of our company for the benefit of all of our stakeholders," said
Pete McDonald, executive vice president and chief administrative
officer.
McDonald said the company pursued other possible resolutions - at
significant financial cost - before pursuing litigation, including
increasing reserve pilot staffing and negotiating with ALPA to modify
certain work rules in the current agreement.
About United
United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) operates nearly 3,000* flights a day on
United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and
international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the
Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the
largest international carriers based in the United States. United also
is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for
our customers to 975 destinations in 162 countries worldwide. United's
52,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around
the world. News releases and other information about United can be found
at the company's Web site at
http://www.united.com.
*Based on United's flight schedule between October 2008 and October
2009.
Editors Note: For a complete copy of the court's motion, visit
http://www.ualinfo.com.
SOURCE United Airlines
CONTACT: United Airlines Worldwide Press Office, +1-312-997-8640
