Teamsters to Leaflet at United Airlines Terminals During Busy Travel Day
Campaign Warns That UAL Outsources Maintenance to China
Teamsters, airline mechanics and a costumed Santa Claus will leaflet each of eight major airports on Thursday, Dec. 20, one of the year's busiest travel days.
They will tell air travelers that United Airlines outsources all heavy maintenance of its Boeing 747s and 777s to South Korea and China. In the Beijing repair facility, only five of 2,179 mechanics are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. United now wants to sell its San Francisco maintenance facility.
The leaflets ask travelers to tell United to use certified mechanics.
Leafleting will take place at the terminal arrival and departure doors nearest United (Nasdaq: UAUA) between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time at Boston Logan, Chicago O'Hare, Denver International, Los Angeles International, New York JFK, San Francisco International, Seattle Sea-Tac and Washington Dulles airports.
The leaflet reads, "Passenger Alert: United Airplanes Repaired by Uncertified Mechanics in China."
The Teamsters, who represent mechanics at 14 airlines, are in the process of organizing United Airlines mechanics.
WHO:
Teamsters, airline mechanics, costumed Santa Claus
WHAT:
Informational leafleting at eight airports
WHEN:
Thursday, December 20, 2007
10 a.m.-6 p.m. (all times local)
WHERE:
Boston Logan International Airport
Near UAL ticket counters
Contact: Sandy Weaver (240) 286-6184
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Terminal 1, upper level in the "blue box" between vestibules 3 and 5
Contact: Jim Leonhardt (202) 528-3776
Denver International Airport
Near United Airlines counters
Contact: John Hemmely (303) 881-4597
Los Angeles International Airport
Near United Airlines counters
Contact: Stephanie Short (202) 528-5779
New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
At Port Authority Building across from building Terminal 7
Gabe Guzman (202) 497-7041
San Francisco International Airport
Near United Airlines counters and outside
Contact: Julie Wall (650) 580-7021
Seattle Sea-Tac International Airport
Terminal end of Sky Bridge #5 and #6
Contact: Terry Slagle (626) 419-6710
Washington Dulles International Airport
Inside main terminal, east end near United ticket counters
Outside main terminal
Contact: Pete Chrisos, (202) 528-5796
CONTACT: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, [email protected]
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Dec. 19/
SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters