Boiteko ba basebeletsi ba lifofane ba United Airlines ba ho sireletsa mesebetsi ea Amerika ha ho nahanoa ka tumello ea ho itšireletsa khahlanong le ts'epo ea ho ikopanya le Continental le United le Star Alliance, bo nka moelelo o makatsang bekeng ena kamora phatlalatso ea United ea ho fana ka basebeletsi ba lifofane ba 2,150 hoetla hona. Basebeletsi ba lifofane, ba emetsoeng ke Mokhatlo oa Basebeletsi ba Lifofane-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) United Airlines, ba hatella Lefapha la Lipalangoang la United States letšolong le tsoelang pele la ho thusa ho thibela tahlehelo e eketsehileng ea mesebetsi.
"Ho feta leha e le neng pele ho hlakile hore mesebetsi ea Amerika ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea moruo oa rona oa Amerika. Mmuso oa rona o na le boikarabello ba ho netefatsa hore likhoebo li sireletsa phihlello ea mesebetsi e metle ea Amerika, "ho boletse Greg Davidowitch, mopresidente oa AFA-CWA United Airlines. "Melao ea naha ea rona e khahlanong le ts'epo e teng ka lebaka, ho kenyelletsa le ts'ireletso ea bareki joalo ka ha e sa tsoa totobatsoa ke Lefapha la Toka, hammoho le ts'ireletso ea mesebetsi e nang le moelelo o moholo le ho feta maemong a moruo a kajeno."
Litho tsa mokhatlo oa basebetsi ba lifofane li ntse li ikopanya le congress le ho letsetsa batsamaisi ka libeke tse lets'olo la ho etsa tlhahlobo e kholo ea lilekane tsa lifofane. Ha botsamaisi ba United Airlines bo ntse bo thusa ho holisa Selekane sa Linaleli ho fihla se seholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng lilemong tse leshome tse fetileng, basebetsi ba sefofane ba sepalangoang ba lahlehetsoe ke hoo e ka bang halofo ea maemo a bona kapa mesebetsi e 12,000. Phatlalatso ea morao-rao ea ho tlohela mosebetsi e boetse e supa boemo bo mahlonoko ba boiteko ba basebeletsi ba sefofane ba ho netefatsa ts'ireletso ea mosebetsi tumellong efe kapa efe ea selekane sa lifofane, haholo-holo morero o sisintsoeng ke Continental le United Airlines ka har'a Star Alliance.
Basebeletsi ba lifofane ba hokahane le matšoenyeho a bareki le matshwenyeho a basebetsi ka har'a lilekane tsa lifofane ha ba ntse ba hatella botsamaisi ho sheba ka hloko khoebo ea Continental le United. Matshwenyeho a ka hare ho naha le a matjhaba a kgahlanong le tlhodisano a hlwauweng ke Lefapha la Toka ka kotloloho a amana le maemo a tshwanang a lebisang tahlehelong e kgolo ya mesebetsi. Litefiso lia nyoloha ha makhetlo a lifofane a fokotseha ha tlholisano eohle e hlakotsoe.
Maobane, Davidowitch o ile a boela a ngolla Lefapha la Lipalangoang lebitsong la basebetsi ba lifofane ba United Airlines. "Le ha Lefapha la Lipalangoang le hlokomela ho lekola mathata a boletsoeng ke Lefapha la Toka, e le karolo ea taelo efe kapa efe ea ho qetela, re boetse re ipiletsa ho botsamaisi ho etsa litokisetso tse tšoarellang le tse nang le morero tse etselitsoeng ho netefatsa ts'ireletso e lekanang bakeng sa basebetsi." Lengolo le felletseng le beiloe webosaeteng ea mokhatlo ho www.unitedafa.org.
