United Airlines' technicians have rejected a proposal to outsource work to China, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). This decision follows recent rallies by United Airlines' technicians demanding better wages and health care coverage.
The labor union, representing United's Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs), voted against what they termed "the carrier's latest disgraceful economic proposal." Nearly all, 99.5%, of United Airlines' mechanics represented by the Teamsters Union opposed the plan which involved outsourcing jobs to "communist China."
In a joint statement from March 25, 2025, Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and Teamsters Airline Division Director Chris Griswold declared, "United Airlines' executives think they can strong-arm 10,000 Teamsters technicians into accepting a terrible deal. Instead, our members just sent a clear message that this company can't ignore. United's radical, un-American contract proposal is dead on arrival. United's short-sighted cash grab reflects everything that's wrong with Big Business at a time when we should be bringing back jobs to America."