UPDATE: Two Years of Waiting
AFA is two years into contract negotiations at United and things remain sluggish.
United AFA recently provided an update on how contract negotiations are progressing with United. One highlight? Things remain sluggish: United AFA is two years in and still has to reach agreements on 26 of 34 sections. This means no agreements have been reached on key items like per diem, crew meals, scheduling, reserve, and compensation including boarding pay, to name a few.
This isn’t unusual for AFA: negotiations can take a long time, often with little to show in the meantime. United flight attendants, for example, haven’t had a pay scale increase since 2020.
Meanwhile at Delta, we work with flight attendants directly focusing on continuous improvement and delivering the best package of pay, benefits, and work rules in the industry. If it is this difficult for AFA to deliver improvements for their current members at United, what could Delta flight attendants expect from this union?
Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
Update: December 1, 2022
It’s the first anniversary of United and AFA’s contract negotiations – but there’s little for flight attendants to celebrate. AFA makes a lot of promises to Delta flight attendants, but the fact is their negotiations at United are moving at a snail’s pace. More than one year in, they still have only reached tentative agreement on one section of their contract and that section had zero improvements.
Here at Delta, we can quickly implement changes based on your feedback and work together to deliver continuous improvements.
Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
Update: September 29, 2022
It's been almost a year since United and AFA began negotiations – and after our check in two months ago, they are still right where we left them two months ago. AFA paints a pretty picture for flight attendants at Delta, but with 300+ days since negotiations started at United, it’s clear that making change with an AFA contract isn’t as quick or easy as AFA says it is.
At Delta, our direct relationship is a faster and more effective way for driving improvements.
Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
Update: August 4, 2022
When we said AFA negotiations move at a snail's pace, we weren’t kidding. Nine months into their negotiations, AFA and United have still only reached a tentative agreement on just one of 33 sections, and that section merely kept the language from the current contract.
Negotiating a contract is a slow process, but progress doesn’t have to be. When you consider the work-life improvements Delta has quickly made for you, and all we have accomplished together in 2022 alone, it’s clear that our direct relationship comes out on top.
Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
Original Post: June 6, 2022
United Airlines flight attendants have been watching AFA negotiate a new contract since October 2021 with little progress to show and no end in sight. In those seven months, the union has only reached a tentative agreement on 1 of the 33 contract sections, and it was a section where there were no improvements or changes made. This isn’t the first time United flight attendants have had to wait a while for a contract. AFA took four years to negotiate a contract for a merged contract for 25,000 United and Continental flight attendants.
There’s no question about it: negotiations are a slow process—and there is no saying how long they will take, or if the outcome for any one item will be better, worse or stay the same. Not to mention that at the end of negotiations, when the union and management have reached tentative agreements on each section, flight attendants do not vote on individual items or even sections of that contract. The only vote is on the entire agreement. If the tentative contract gets rejected, it’s back to the negotiations table.
Progress doesn’t have to be so slow. Just look at Delta, where you benefit from Delta’s undeniable track record of consistently doing right by you. We work together, directly, to act on your feedback and make Delta a better place to work. This approach has produced industry-leading pay, great benefits, and work rules that provide you with flexibility, such as the A-Day program.
The bottom line: Delta can make improvements faster when we work directly together. Don’t Risk It. Don’t Sign It.
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