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DOJ Approves Continental-United Merger

"It is clear by the simultaneous announcements of leasing slots in Newark to Southwest Airlines and the DOJ clearing this transaction that United/Continental was attempting to satisfy the IAM's concerns expressed at our meeting with the DOJ regarding the loss of jobs as a result of this merger," said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. "However this does not satisfy the

IAM's concerns about the potential loss of jobs."
 
"The IAM has raised our concerns before Congress, various government agencies and at the bargaining table," said Roach. "We will continue meeting with Congress, Governors, State Legislators and any other party to protect the interests of all the employees that could be affected by this transaction."
 
The merger must still be approved by each carrier's shareholders. The airlines expect the transaction to close by October 1, 2010.


 

August 27th, 2010 - The Department of Justice today cleared the United-Continental merger of any anti-trust issues, giving the merger regulatory approval.
 

                                                                         
             

IAM Responds to the Proposed ASA-ExpressJet Merger

August 4, 2010 - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. today issued the following statement in response to the announcement of a proposed merger between ExpressJet Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines:

"It is not a surprise that the merger-mania roiling the major airlines is spreading to regional carriers. The lack of any appreciable regulation in the airline industry ensures that carriers large and small will continue to tear each other down and exacerbate their failure to serve passengers, employees and communities.

The Machinists Union will protect our ExpressJet Flight Attendants and defend their contract if this merger with Atlantic Southeast Airlines goes forward. We will work with the carriers, legislators and government regulators to ensure our members are beneficiaries, rather than victims, of consolidation."

IAM-represented ExpressJet Flight Attendant representatives will meet next week with the union's legal and financial advisors to discuss the proposed merger and the strategy to protect ExpressJet Flight Attendants and their contract.

The IAM is the largest airline union in North America and represents 1,200 ExpressJet Flight Attendants, which operates regional flights on behalf of Continental Airlines and United Airlines.