A bipartisan group of lawmakers are supporting a plan that would prevent the mass furloughs of tens of thousands of airline workers this fall by extending current payroll assistance into 2021. Congressman Peter A. DeFazio, who serves as the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, circulated a letter to several key […]
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Helping Hands July 2020
United Layoffs: Union Perspective
Chicago-based United Airlines announced last week that nearly half of its workforce, more than 36,000 employees, could be out of work come October. The 21st speaks to the President and Directing General Chair of IAM District 141 in Elk Grove Village to speak about these potential job cuts. IAM District 141 represents machinists and aerospace workers […]
WARN Act Communication From United
To IAM members at United Airlines: Yesterday, as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, United Airlines informed the IAM that 12,645 District 141-represented workers could be furloughed as soon as October 1, 2020. It is important to understand that not all workers who will receive notices of potential furlough […]
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Extend Airline Payroll Funding Program and Help Prevent Furloughs this Fall
The IAM is among several labor unions urging Congress to extend a provision of the CARES Act coronavirus relief law as an effort to thwart airline executives threatening to lay-off several workers in the fall. The IAM signed a letter asking the federal lawmakers to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) contained in the CARES Act until […]