Who:
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United Airlines pilots, Continental Airlines pilots, pilots from other ALPA carriers.
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What
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Informational picketing at the site of the annual shareholders meeting, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1605 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
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When
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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8 a.m. to conclusion of shareholders meeting
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9 a.m. (shareholders meeting start time)
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7:45
a.m. to 9 a.m., Capt. Jay Heppner, chairman of the United pilots union
chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l, and Capt. Jay
Pierce, chairman of the Continental pilots union chapter of the Air Line
Pilots Association, Int'l, will be available for onsite interviews at
the picket line.
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Other spokespersons will be available for media interviews.
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Where:
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Crowne Plaza Hotel
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1605 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
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Why:
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Friday, June 8, 2012
UAL, CAL pilots to picket United Continental Holdings shareholders meeting June 12
United and Continental Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line
Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA) will be conducting informational
picketing at the site of the United Continental Holdings annual
shareholders meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
to mark the passing of a second year without a new contract and to
alert management, shareholders, passengers and the media that it is time
to complete the end-game negotiations now underway with the Company. If
the Company cannot comply with the agreed-upon June 15
deadline to reach an agreement on a Joint Collective Bargaining
Agreement, the pilots of United and Continental call on the National
Mediation Board to grant our request for a release from mediation.