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SouthWest Regional Chairman
Derek Brauch
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(310) 621-3294
Los Angeles North
Kathy Hesse
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(310) 541-7767
Orange County & San Diego
T.J. Steer
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(760) 809-7546
Phoenix
Rick Shows
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(602) 402-8342
Las Vegas
Mark Brandt
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(702) 813-9526
Honolulu
Pat Collins
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(808) 561-8391
Hundreds Gather for United Family Unity Rally in California
Hundreds of pilots, flight attendants, machinists and members of other unions gathered on June 12 in Woodland Hills, Calif., for the United Family Unity Rally. The United pilots, employees and their family members gathered in a park across the street from where United Airlines was holding its annual shareholders meeting. This year, United moved the meeting to the West Coast for reasons unknown.
"As we witness the various factions of our airline converge on Woodland Hills today, it’s apparent which individuals have the pure interest of United Airlines’ long-term success at heart," said MEC Chairman Captain Steve Wallach, in a video address to the crowd. "It’s certainly not Glenn Tilton and senior executives, who will just pull the ripcords on their golden parachutes as soon as they’ve taken enough from United’s coffers. It’s not the institutional shareholders who only care about making a quick dollar at the expense of the company. Look at the pilot or fellow employee standing next to you. Look at the family members who have joined you today in Warner Park. Think of the pilots who today are flying the line and couldn’t join you today. Think of the 55,000 employees who make this airline fly day in and day out, and have devoted years of sweat equity to this airline. These are the individuals who really have the interests of United Airlines at heart."
MEC Communications plans to produce a DVD of June 12's Unity rally. We will provide details of its release in the coming weeks.
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A Sampling of the Media Coverage of the Unity Rally:
United Pilots 'Free Falling' Rally Theme
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Picket Report - 11/14/07
Pilots from Phoenix (pictured right) had an impressive showing of more than 30 pilots and several family members on Wednesday. This was the largest turnout yet at an outstation and is indicative of a trend of growing participation. Picket coordinator Paul Dietz, with the help of several pilots and spouses, did a fantastic job of organizing the event and rallying the troops. One of the spouses was able to use contacts at the local NBC affiliate to convince them send a reporter and camera crew to cover the event. The response from our customers and crews from other airlines was overwhelmingly positive.
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