Teamster Gamble Pays Off Big at United Airlines

By Carl Finamore
United Airlines (UAL) mechanics fed up with an unrelenting series of concessions voted to change unions twice in the last five years. The latest change came this week. This time the Teamsters are in and the independent Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) are out.
Mechanics overwhelmingly rejected AMFA in results announced March 31, 2008. [...]