United Technicians ratify joint collective bargaining agreement

United Airlines released that the company’s technicians, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have voted to ratify a new joint collective bargaining agreement. With this announcement, United has reached new agreements with every domestic unionized work group in 2016. The IBT agreement brings together the airline’s more than 9,000 technicians and related employees under a single contract, delivering meaningful improvements that technicians have said are important, including wage increases and job protections. Also in 2016, United reached a joint collective bargaining agreement with flight attendants, as well as contract extensions covering the airline’s pilots, dispatchers, ramp and passenger-service agents, contact center employees, storekeepers, load planners, maintenance and fleet technical instructors, and security officers.