Imizamo yabasebenzi basendizeni ye-United Airlines yokuvikela imisebenzi yaseMelika lapho icubungula isicelo sokungathembeki sokujoyina i-Continental ne-United kanye ne-Star Alliance, iba nencazelo emangalisayo kuleli sonto kulandela isimemezelo se-United sokukhipha abasebenzi bendiza abangu-2,150 kulokhu kuwa. Abasebenzi basendizeni, abamelwe yi-Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) e-United Airlines, bacindezela uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US emkhankasweni oqhubekayo wokusiza ukunqanda ukulahleka kwemisebenzi okuqhubekayo.
“Kunangaphambili kuyacaca ukuthi imisebenzi yaseMelika iyingxenye ebalulekile yomnotho wethu waseMelika. Uhulumeni wethu unesibopho sokuqinisekisa ukuthi amabhizinisi avikela ukufinyelela emisebenzini emihle yaseMelika,” kusho uGreg Davidowitch, umongameli we-AFA-CWA e-United Airlines. “Imithetho yezwe lethu emelene nokwethenjwa ikhona ngesizathu, okuhlanganisa ukuvikelwa kwabathengi njengoba kusanda kuvezwa uMnyango Wezobulungiswa, kanye nokuvikelwa kwemisebenzi okuba nencazelo enkulu nakakhulu esimweni somnotho sanamuhla.”
Amalungu enyunyana yabasebenzi basendizeni bebelokhu bethintana nengqungquthela futhi bebiza abaphathi amasonto amaningi emkhankasweni wokubhekisisa kakhulu imifelandawonye yezindiza. Njengoba abaphathi be-United Airlines besiza ekukhuliseni i-Star Alliance yaba enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, abasebenza endizeni yenkampani yezindiza baye balahlekelwa cishe ingxenye yamazinga abo noma imisebenzi engu-12,000. Isimemezelo sakamuva sokungafiki emsebenzini siphinda sikhomba isimo esibucayi somzamo wabasebenzi basendizeni wokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka kwemisebenzi kunoma yikuphi ukugunyazwa komfelandawonye wezindiza futhi ikakhulukazi ibhizinisi elihlongozwa yi-Continental kanye ne-United Airlines ngaphakathi kwe-Star Alliance.
Abasebenzi basendizeni baxhumanise ukukhathazeka kwabathengi nokukhathazeka kwabasebenzi ngaphakathi kwemifelandawonye yezindiza njengoba becindezela abaphathi ukuthi babhekisise ibhizinisi le-Continental ne-United. Izinkathazo zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe ezimelene nokuncintisana ezihlonzwe uMnyango Wezobulungiswa zihlobene ngokuqondile nezimo ezifanayo eziholela ekulahlekeni okukhulu komsebenzi. Imali yokugibela iyakhuphuka njengoba imvamisa yezindiza iyancipha uma konke ukuncintisana kusulwa.
Izolo, uDavidowitch uphinde wabhalela uMnyango Wezokuthutha egameni labasebenzi basendiza ye-United Airlines. "Yize uMnyango WezokuThutha uqikelela ukuthi ubuyekeza izikhalo ezichazwe uMnyango Wezobulungiswa, njengengxenye yanoma yimuphi umyalo wokugcina, siyaphinda futhi sicela abaphathi ukuthi benze izinhlinzeko ezihlala isikhathi eside nezinengqondo ezenzelwe ukuvikela ukuvikelwa kwabasebenzi ngendlela elinganayo." Incwadi ephelele ifakwe kusizindalwazi senyunyana ku-www.unitedafa.org.
