Gateway to Gridlock
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United shutting Indiana base
Continuing its painful downsizing, United Airlines announced Monday that it is permanently closing its heavy maintenance bases in Indianapolis and Oakland. Read more ...
Labor accords set new course for United
The last three unions at United Airlines ratified new, six-year contracts Tuesday, allowing the carrier to finally achieve its goal of slashing labor costs by $2.56 billion a year. Read more ...
United to lay off 3,400 more
Thousands of United Airlines employees will be put on unpaid leave as the war with Iraq forces the bankrupt carrier to tighten its belt further, the workers' unions said Thursday. Read more ...
United asks court to dissolve union contracts
The corporate parent of United Airlines on Monday sought to set aside union contracts covering 57,000 of its workers, clearing the way for pay cuts and sweeping changes in the way employees work. Read more ...
Every second counts (please see attached), says UAL's law firm
A word of advice for the mechanics, pilots, flight attendants and ticket counter personnel at United Airlines: In your next lives, go to law school. Read more ...
United locks in on Starfish
The starfish's deceptive beauty hides the fact that the spiny creature is a ruthless hunter that pries open clams with brute force and sucks down their innards. Read more ...
UAL plans more cuts in wages, workers
United Airlines plans to thin its pilot and flight attendant ranks by up to 25 percent and propose a two-tier pay structure in a bid to cut costs and emerge from bankruptcy as a tougher competitor, sources said. Read more ...
United pegs January loss at $382 million
United Airlines lost $382 million in January, but its remaining pile of cash barely declined thanks to drastically reduced employee wages. Read more ...
United to cut 1,500 workers
Seeking to cut costs wherever it can, United Airlines on Friday said that it will lay off 13 percent of its white-collar workers and close all of its ticket offices Read more ...
UAL expects $3.2 billion loss in 2002
A top executive for United Airlines disclosed in court Monday that the carrier will lose a record $3.2 billion this year, far surpassing previous estimates by the company or Wall Street. Read more ...
UAL machinists reject cuts
Threatened with a bankruptcy court challenge to their current contracts, all but one of United Airlines' unions have agreed to steep temporary wage cuts as the troubled carrier moves ahead with billions of dollars in proposed cost-cutting. Read more ...
UAL asking workers for $2.4 billion
Two of United Airlines' biggest unions expressed surprise Monday at the whopping $2.4 billion in annual wage concessions that the bankrupt carrier is said to be seeking from employees, but some observers suggested that the increased cuts shouldn't come as that much of a surprise. Read more ...
How United lost control of rescue
United Airlines' executives and union officials were flying high as recently as a week ago, expecting a $1.8 billion loan guarantee to carry it through a financial storm that had been building since 2000. Read more ...
Loan denial imperils United
In a decision expected to push the nation's second-largest airline into bankruptcy, a federal board refused to approve a loan guarantee for United Airlines, calling the carrier's business plan "fundamentally flawed." Read more ...
UAL warns: Givebacks or bankruptcy
In a sharp reversal from its previous stance, UAL Corp. on Wednesday warned that it may file for bankruptcy this fall unless employees and vendors agree to dramatic wage and cost concessions. Read more ...
Losses may cause UAL to 'perish,' CEO warns
Unless United Airlines can stanch its losses, the Chicago-based carrier "will perish" sometime next year, Chairman and Chief Executive James E. Goodwin has warned United employees. Read more ...
'United will perish': Goodwin memo to United workers, October 2001
Chief executive James E. Goodwin sent this letter to United Airlines employees the week of Oct. 15, 2001. Read more ...
Part 2: United steers bumpy course
When United Airlines CEO James Goodwin needed to get to Hawaii recently, he reserved a seat on one of his company's jets bound for Honolulu from O'Hare International Airport. But at the last minute, he reconsidered and boarded another plane—one belonging to archrival American Airlines. Read more ...
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