by Eric Price | Aug 26, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Hawaiian, MNPL, Organizing, Philippine, Row 2, Spirit, Uncategorized, United
American Airlines announced plans to eliminate the jobs of “at least” 40,000 employees if lawmakers do not quickly renew funding for payroll support programs. The furloughs would begin within hours of the expiration of the Payroll Support Program (PSP), the section of...
by Eric Price | Aug 25, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2
The Paycheck Support Program contained in the CARES Act is set to expire on October 1, 2020. Carriers are making plans on how to deal with its loss, and the outlook doesn’t look good for airline workers. American Airlines is expected to announce thousands of...
by Eric Price | Aug 21, 2020 | Airlines, Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized
A Conversation With Tony Colina, President of Local 2198 in Houston The President of the biggest little old local in Texas. Hi everybody! I started my airline career in August 1996 with Continental Airlines where I worked the Reservations foreign language desk taking...
by Eric Price | Aug 18, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2
The United States Senate officially began its Summer recess on Thursday, without reaching an agreement for another round of coronavirus relief. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the decision, as Republican and Democratic leaders remain deadlocked...
by Eric Price | Aug 14, 2020 | Airlines, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Row 2, Uncategorized
This week Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Ron Estes (KS-04) introduced The Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Act of 2020. The bipartisan legislation helps prevent aerospace supply chain furloughs due to the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing a temporary relief...
by Eric Price | Aug 12, 2020 | Airlines, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2
Ending weeks of speculation, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced on Tuesday he has selected Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, Harris will become the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States. She would...
