In Brief: United Employees in Missouri & Florida Are the Latest Victims in Outsourcing Push

Upwards of 100 United Airlines employees in Missouri will be laid off as part of the legacy carrier’s continued outsourcing efforts nationwide. A total of 115 Missouri-based United employees will soon be out of work, with 53 jobs being cut in St. Louis and 62 in Kansas City. The layoffs are scheduled to go into effect on May 17.

“At some airports, unfortunately the difference between our pay rates and the local market competitive rates was simply too great for us to reach an agreement with the union,” United spokesman Luke Punzenberger told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Thursday.

News of these cuts comes one day after United announced 69 layoffs at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) will also go into effective on May 17. The airline’s outsourcing efforts are expected to affect 1,150 of its employees across the U.S.

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