Month: May 2020
Machinists Union Withdraws United Lawsuit
The Machinists Union today withdrew its lawsuit against United Airlines after the carrier backed down from plans to cut the pay rates of its entire full- time Fleet Service and Customer Service workgroups by reducing their hours worked. The IAM maintains the right to return to Federal Court if United Airlines again attempts to circumvent […]
After IAM’s Pressure, United Backs Off Forced Furlough Plan
The IAM’s campaign and the resulting public outrage against United Airlines has caused the carrier to back away from its illegal scheme to force 15,000 full-time IAM members into part-time positions. After accepting $5 billion from taxpayers as part of the CARES Act, United made the unilateral decision to drastically reduce the wages, retirement benefits, […]
Letter to United CEO Scott Kirby from the International Transport Workers Federation in Solidarity with the IAMAW
Dear United Airlines CEO, Scott Kirby, I write you today on behalf of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), which represents nearly 700 transport trade unions from 150 countries with a total membership of around 20,000,000 working men and women. Our affiliate, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), has informed us that […]
United Reconsiders Furloughs
As you know yesterday, your union filed a lawsuit against United Airlines in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. We sought an injunction against United Airlines on behalf of the 27,000 IAM represented Fleet Service and Passenger Service workers to halt United’s illegal scheme to reduce all […]