Economics will change for these loyal employee's..truly sad!

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United Airlines plans to outsource 48 jobs at the Des Moines International Airport as part of a larger agreement with an employee union, a company spokesperson said Monday.
The company is outsourcing more than 600 jobs at 12 small and mid-sized airports, while taking back about 400 jobs that had previously been outsourced at larger airports.
The United Airlines employees will be replaced by contract workers, which union officials say make less than their counterparts employed by the airline.
In Des Moines, the outsourced jobs include ticket and gate agents and baggage handlers. Affected employees will have an opportunity to transfer to similar positions at other airports and will be eligible for regular and enhanced severance options, said United spokeswoman Christen David.
"This is a difficult decision, but we need to ensure that our costs are competitive," David said.
The jobs will be outsourced in October, David said. The affected airports are served mostly by smaller United Express flights.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said that it negotiated seniority protection for many of the workers if they relocate, and that job losses will be limited.
Still, union spokesman James Carlson called the outsourcing a "race to the bottom. How can you compete with vendors paying $12 an hour?" He said United's top pay for the work is about $24 an hour.
The airports insourcing workers are: Denver, Honolulu, Phoenix and Dulles International Airport near Washington D.C.
-The Associated Press contributed to this story.
 
Today UA announced that after the "market review" we will continue to ground handle our flights at KOA, LIH, and OGG.
ABQ, BUF, CHS, CLT, CMH, DSM, DTW, ELP, FSD, ICT, PNS and SLC (ramp) will be out sourced.
We will also take back all above the wing functions at HNL as will as express handling at PHX and IAD. Total job loss for the outsourcing is over 600 with over 400 gained due to the insoucing. Net job loss approx 200 jobs.

Good and bad news. Today. Transition expected to be completed by October.
 
Loyal is for Puppies and Girlfriends.
 
Friends are friends and business is business.
 
WAKE UP! They own you NOTHING beyond your final paycheck and any contractual arrangement. You are no different then an APU, Jetway, tug or baggage car. They use them up until they break or they can get a new one for a better price. Loyalty my ass you're just so much manure under their feet. This is capitalism folks get used to it. You get what you negotiate, you sell yourself to the highest bidder then use them until a better deal comes along. Treat them they way they treat you.
 
This is why individual liberty is so important.
 
This is a PERFECT example of what I love about the Amtrak contract.  NO OUTSOURCING of agent jobs.
Are there totally-unstaffed stations ? Yes, but if there are only 2 employees (an AM and a PM, with S+S off) they're UNION JOBS.............................PERIOD  !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
NewHampshire Black Bears said:
This is a PERFECT example of what I love about the Amtrak contract.  NO OUTSOURCING of agent jobs.
Are there totally-unstaffed stations ? Yes, but if there are only 2 employees (an AM and a PM, with S+S off) they're UNION JOBS.............................PERIOD  !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Gov't shiits the bed, so do you.....
 
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