Editing United Airlines (section)

=== Employee relations ===
United Airlines was the first airline to see a successful unionization of flight attendants when the [[Association of Flight Attendants]]-CWA (AFA) was founded in 1945 by five United Airlines flight attendants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuttner |first=Robert |date=2023-09-28 |title=A Union of Their Own |url=https://prospect.org/api/content/eda522e8-5c8d-11ee-a223-12163087a831/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=The American Prospect |language=en-us}}</ref> The AFA has represented flight attendants from United Airlines since.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Airlines |url=https://www.afacwa.org/our_airlines |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Association of Flight Attendants-CWA |language=en}}</ref> Their contract became amendable in August 2021 and 99.9% of the flight attendants who voted were in favor of authorizing a strike on August 28, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Lina |title=United Flight Attendants Authorize a Strike |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-09-06/united-flight-attendants-authorize-a-strike/ |website=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |access-date=28 January 2025 |date=6 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Flight Attendants at United Airlines Vote 99.99% to Authorize a Strike |url=https://www.afacwa.org/united_fas_vote_authorize_strike |website=[[Association of Flight Attendants|Association of Flight Attendants-CWA]] |access-date=28 January 2025 |location=[[Chicago]] |date=28 August 2024}}</ref>

United Airlines maintenance technicians are represented by the [https://teamster.org/united-airline-comps/ International International Brotherhood of Teamsters]. Their contract became amendable on December 5, 2024.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 141 represents approximately 34,000 Fleet Service, Passenger Service, Reservations, Stockroom, Central Load Planner, Maintenance Instructor, Fleet Technical Instructor, Emergency Procedures Instructor and Security Officer workers.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.goiam.org/news/all-unions-at-united-airlines-form-bargaining-coalition/#:~:text=International%20Association%20of%20Machinists%20and%20Aerospace%20Workers%20(IAM)%20District%20141,Security%20Officer%20workers%20at%20United |title=All Unions at United Airlines Form Bargaining Coalition |publisher=International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers |date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref> Their contract becomes amendable on May 1, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Passenger Service Employees 2023 – 2025 Agreement |url=https://iam141.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Final-PASSENGER-SERVICE-EMPLOYEES-2023-2025-Agreement-0426231.pdf#page=115 |website=IAM141.org |access-date=1 February 2025 |page=115}}</ref>

With over 17,500 members the United Airlines pilots are the largest pilot group in the world and represented by the [[Air Line Pilots Association]] (ALPA).<ref>{{cite web |title=United |url=https://www.alpa.org/about-alpa/our-pilot-groups/pilot-groups/united |website=[[Air Line Pilots Association, International|ALPA]] |access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> ALPA was founded by United Air Lines Captain David L. Behncke and 23 other key figures in Chicago, Illinois, on July 27, 1931.<ref>{{cite web |title=A History of Achievement: 80 Years of Pilots Putting Safety and Security First |url=https://www.alpa.org/-/media/ALPA/Files/eLibraries/Communications/publications-other/history-of-pride-80.pdf?la=en |website=[[Air Line Pilots Association, International|ALPA]] |access-date=3 February 2025 |page=3}}</ref> In the 1930s, flying was a perilous occupation; thus, from the time of its formation to today, one of ALPA's main goals is to improve air safety.<ref name="TheLanding">{{cite web|title=The Landing: Air Line Pilot Chronicles the Evolution of a Profession|url=https://www.alpa.org/news-and-events/air-line-pilot-magazine/the-landing-evolution-of-profession|access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> The United pilots' current contract becomes amendable on September 30, 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=United Airlines pilots ratified a new contract that their union says is worth more than $10 billion |url=https://apnews.com/article/united-airlines-pilots-ratify-contract-afab5d9875b2b207b84fdd4b1eabe6c6 |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=28 January 2025 |date=29 September 2023}}</ref>