In three cities, The pilots of United Airlines and the Continental Airlines represented by Air Line Pilots Association International, say they will conduct informational picketing. The pilots said that “they will picket in Newark, N.J., and Houston, the site of major Continental Airlines hubs, on Monday and Tuesday and in Chicago, United’s corporate headquarters, on Dec. 1. They also said that ” they are picketing to reaffirm their stance against management’s plans to continue and expand the practice of outsourcing flying to other airlines. The airline intends to use the CO code on flights from Continental hubs, using outsourced 70-seat jets, a practice the union believes is in violation of the Continental pilots’ current contract.” The Chairman of the Continental pilots unit of the ALPA named Jay Pierce , according to him “The pilots of Continental and United are unified on the issue of protecting the jobs of our pilots, and to stop the outsourcing of our flying,” and We have no reservations about using the full range of legal methods available to bring resolution to this issue and ultimately prevent the outsourcing that we strongly believe violates the Continental pilots’ contract.” Capt. Wendy Morse, chairman of the United unit of ALPA, said ” negotiations over the outsourcing issue are critical to the conclusion of collective bargaining related to the merger of the two airlines.” She also said that “The sooner management abandons its practice of outsourcing our flying, the sooner United will reap the rewards this merger was promised to bring,” By the end of 2011 the United Continental Holdings hopes to have new collective-bargaining agreements in place with the airlines’ various unions . As one airline under the United name the United and Continental merged was now both affilates of the Chicago-based on the United Continental Holdings. United is the largest airline at Denver International Airport. The outsourcing is very important in the part of the business which can help to find solution in every problem of the company. It contracts the another comp0any which provides the services that might have been performed by in house employees. The companies have many reasons why they want outsourcing. The outsourcing helps to find way to have the best among all. This may prevent the company from the buliding silid relationships with the customers.
Reference:
http://www.topix.com/forum/business/outsourcing/TNUQDKT7PAKJN1N5J/p2
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2010/11/22/pilots-picket.html?page=2
