Date:         Tue, 13 Feb 1996 22:23:27 -0500
From: PRCenter@AOL.COM
Subject:      United Airlines Gay Employee Group Formed

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News From:
UNITED AT UNITED
P.O. Box 88-1416
Los Angeles, CA  90009-1416
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Contact: David Tomb, 310-285-8821

UNITED AIRLINES' GAY & LESBIAN EMPLOYEES
UNITE FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

     LOS ANGELES,  Feb. 13, 1996 -- As United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) taps into
the
highly lucrative gay travel market, gay and lesbian employees of the airline
have
announced they are joining forces to create a new employee group, UNITED AT
UNITED, to advocate for domestic partner benefits (including health, travel,
family
leave and pension benefits), diversity/sensitivity training, AIDS awareness
and
education, and an official policy regarding HIV-infected employees.
     A grass-roots organization, UNITED AT UNITED was originally formed by a
group
of employees at the Los Angeles reservations center, with assistance from the
L.A.
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center.  The organization has now grown
system-wide (worldwide).
     Other goals of the group include acknowledgement of the contributions
lesbian
and gay employees have made to United Airlines' success, monitoring
allegations of
harassment based on sexual orientation and specific recommendations for
charitable
contributions.
     "It is entirely appropriate that the world's largest employee-owned
company strive
to meet the needs of its diverse employees," said founder David Tomb.
 "Diversity is
something we as an airline have been professing for a long time now.  Isn't
it time we
privately practice what we publicly preach?"
      In an effort to meet the changing needs of the travelling public,
United Airlines
has made some significant policy changes.  In 1995, the emergency travel
waiver
was changed to include "lifetime domestic partners."  While this was a
notable
change, that policy only applies to the public;  there are no policies in
place
acknowledging employees' "lifetime domestic partners."
     Publicly, United Airlines will be sponsoring "the Quilt" in Washington
D.C.
Ironically, last week a United employee in the same city lost his partner to
AIDS.
Even though both individuals were employees of United Airlines, the surviving
employee was forced to take personal unpaid leave during his time of grief --
any
other employee would be given three days paid leave if the same occurred to
an
"immediate family member."
     "United Airlines has made some bold, positive policy changes that we are
very
excited about," Tomb continued.  "Now we want to encourage our company to
continue in that direction, demonstrating consistency in attitude toward both
our
'internal and external customer.' "
     For more information on UNITED AT UNITED, send a self-addressed, stamped
(large #10) envelope to the above address.
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