Airline Workers Skeptical Of United-Continental Merger
Thursday, June 17, 2010(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Area airline workers were among those keeping a close eye on
Congressional hearings that began yesterday on the proposed merger between
United Airlines and Continental Airlines. "The IAM is concerned that the new
entity may be too big to succeed," International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers' (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. testified.
"Failure of such a large entity could be disastrous to employees, the industry
and the national economy." The hearings continue today; IAM Local 1759 - whose
members work at several major airlines, including United - is tracking the hearings
here.
- Jasmine Butler, AFL-CIO Union Summer
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