United Airlines will once again have Oscar Munoz as its president and chief executive officer. Even while on recovery, Munoz is performing his duties as the company's CEO.
United Airlines and mechanics affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters failed to agree on a new contract extension last week. It led to Teamsters seeking approval from the National Mediation Board to start a strike. United mechanics followed it up with protests at the maintenance facilities of the airline carrier in Houston, San Francisco and Orlando.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters that represents maintenance workers including mechanics rejected United Airlines final contract offer, per a Reuters report. Teamsters and United have been discussing a new joint deal for a year and have not reached a new contract for its maintenance staff since 2010 when United merged with Continental Airlines.
United Airlines president and CEO, Oscar Munoz was released from the hospital after a successful heart transplant surgery last Jan. 6. The airline released a statement from Munoz on Friday saying that the CEO is heading back to his Chicago home and will be back in the office very soon.
The journey to the C-suite can be daunting, not to mention a long and arduous one. While not everyone can join the highest leadership level within the top businesses and organizations in the world, a small percentage of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies have been Latinos.
