I-United Airlines ivula izingxoxo kule nyanga nezinyunyana ezimele amaphesenti angama-88 abasebenzi bayo, okuwukuxoxisana ngenkontileka yokuqala selokhu yaqothuka ngo-2006, phakathi nokuwohloka komnotho kanye “nomhosha wokungathembani.”
Ngenkathi izinyunyana zabasebenzi abangu-42,500 zifuna ukubuyisela okungenani enye inkokhelo kanye nezinzuzo ezilahlekile ekuhleleni kabusha inkampani yenkampani yeminyaka emithathu, i-UAL Corp.'s United izozama ukulawula izindleko phakathi nokuncipha kwethrafikhi kanye nokulahlekelwa okuhlanu kwekota ngayinye.
"I-United, futhi ngaleyo ndaba, imboni, ayinawo amandla ezezimali ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezibekwe lapho," kusho uJerry Glass, umongameli wefemu yokubonisana i-F&H Solutions Group eWashington. Inkampani yezindiza “izozama ukunyusela abasebenzi imali ethile, kodwa futhi iqinisekise ukuthi abangeni esimeni lapho benza okungaphezu kwamandla abo.”
Ezingxoxweni ezizayo yizinkumbulo zemvume yezinyunyana, ukuncipha kwemisebenzi engu-24,000 ngenxa yokuqothuka kanye nezingu-7,000 ngaphezulu kusukela ngoJulayi, kanye nezabelo zezabelo zabasebenzi ezilahlekelwe ngamaphesenti angama-86 yenani lazo kusukela inkampani yendiza yesithathu ngobukhulu yaseMelika ishiye isivikelo senkantolo.
"Sekuphele cishe iminyaka eyishumi amalungu ethu athola ithuba lokuphakamisa izinguquko ezivumelwaneni zabo zokuxoxisana," kusho u-Rich Delaney, umongameli wendawo yamaMachinists kubasebenzi abangu-16,000, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi base-remp. "Inselelo esibhekene nayo kulezi zingxoxo ukuvala umhosha wokungathembani."
Izinyunyana eziyisithupha
Izingxoxo zivulwe izolo ne-International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, enye yezinyunyana eziyisithupha e-United ezinze eChicago. Amaholo amalungu ehliswa ngamaphesenti ayi-13 ngo-2003 kanye nama-5.5% ngo-2005.
I-United yaqala izingxoxo ngo-Ephreli 6 ne-Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, emele abalindi abangu-16,000. Izingxoxo ziqala kusasa nge-Air Line Pilots Association; nabakwaTeamsters, abamele omakhenika, ngo-April 14; kanye nezinyunyana ezimbili ezincane ngo-Ephreli 10 nango-Ephreli 15.
"Siqala izingxoxo zethu zokuvula," kusho uJean Medina, okhulumela i-United. Umgomo "izingxoxo zokubambisana eziholela ezivumelwaneni ezinikeza uzinzo enkampanini yethu nakubantu bethu."
UDouglas Runte, umqondisi ophethe kwaPiper Jaffray & Co. eNew York, uthe izinyunyana "zizoba yizithutha eziyingozi" ukulindela ukubuyisela iningi lezivumelwano zazo zokuqothuka ngenxa yokuwohloka kwemboni. I-United ingase ikwazi ukunikeza ukuthuthuka “kwezinga lempilo” okungathwali izindleko ezinkulu, kusho u-Runte, ongasilinganisi isitoko.
I-UAL ikhuphuke ngo-23 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-4.2, yaya ku-$5.70 ngo-4 pm isikhathi saseNew York ekuhwebeni kwemakethe yamasheya yaseNasdaq. Amasheya ehle ngamaphesenti angama-75 ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule.
Imboni Flashpoints
Njengoba kunezinkontileka ezintsha ezikhona okungenani zezinyunyana ezithile kubathwali abahlanganisa i-Delta Air Lines Inc., enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-United ingase ibe enye yezimboni ezimbili ezibonisa ukukhanya phakathi kwabaphathi nabasebenzi kulo nyaka.
I-AMR Corp. I-American Airlines, inkampani yezindiza yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, nayo isezingxoxweni nezinyunyana ezimele wonke amaqembu ayo amakhulu abasebenzi. Abashayeli bamabhanoyi bakhona baxoxisana ngokuthi bazoteleka kanjani njengoba betheleka ngezingxoxo ezisukela ngo-2006.
Nakuba umthetho wobumbano wenza ukuhamba kwezindiza kube nzima - isiteleka sokugcina sabashayeli bamabhanoyi base-US enkampanini yenethiwekhi enkulu sasingo-1997 - ukuxoxisana kungase kudlulele ekukhetheni amatheminali, izinsolo zokwehla komsebenzi kanye namacala okubhidliza inyunyana.
Abashayeli Bezindiza Ngokuphikisana Nezindiza
Ukuxabana phakathi kwe-United nabashayeli bayo bezindiza kwandulela izingxoxo zabasebenzi.
NgoMashi, inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala yaseMelika yavumelana nomthetho ovimbela i-ALPA ye-United ukuthi isekele izingcingo ezigulayo kanye nokwenqatshwa kwezabelo zendiza okwaphoqa ukuthi kukhanselwe izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-300 kusukela ngoMeyi 31 kuya ku-Agasti 1.
USihlalo weSahluko uSteve Wallach uthe ukwanda kwezingcingo zabagulayo “kuzenzekele nje,” hhayi umzamo wezinyunyana. Ngo-Agasti, abashayeli bezindiza bathatha iSikhulu Esiphezulu u-Glenn Tilton, 60, baqala isizindalwazi befuna kukhishwe i-CEO eyaholela i-UAL ekucwileni ngo-December 2002 futhi wayikhipha ngo-Feb. 1, 2006.
Ukwehla kwesitokwe se-UAL kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kungokwesibili okubi kakhulu phakathi kwezinkampani zenethiwekhi eziyi-13 ku-Bloomberg US Airlines Index futhi kusule iningi lenani lesabelomali esingu-$2 bhiliyoni esinikezwa abasebenzi ukuze banqanyulwe impesheni yabo.
I-Loss Streak
Ukuphumelela kwenkampani cishe kudonse ikota yokuqala, nokushoda kwesabelo esingu-$4.20, ngokusekelwe esilinganisweni esimaphakathi sabahlaziyi abayi-10 abahlolwe yi-Bloomberg.
Okwengeza ubunzima ku-UAL amanani entengo kaphethiloli wejethi akhuphuke aqopha umlando ngonyaka odlule. Ukuhamba kwabagibeli emisebenzini yendiza enkulu ye-United yehle okungenani izinyanga eziyi-14 eziqondile kuze kube uMashi.
Ngalezo zingcindezi embonini, abasebenzi be-United kungenzeka kudingeke ukuthi banciphise izimfuno zabo. Izinkampani zezindiza nabasebenzi bazozuza ezinkontilekeni ezikhokha amaholo aphansi namabhonasi ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nemigomo yezezimali noma yokusebenza, ngokusho komxhumanisi we-Glass kanye ne-Runte ka-Piper Jaffray.
"Ayikho nje imali lapho, esimweni samanje, yokuhlinzeka ngokukhushulwa kwamaholo abasebenzi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bafaneleka kangakanani," kusho uRunte.
