by Eric Price | Jul 15, 2020 | American, Front Page, The Association
July 15, 2020 American Airlines will announce today that they are offering ‘enhanced’ Leaves of Absence and Early Outs to Association members. Association leadership discussed these revised offers and made several suggestions that would make them more attractive to...
by Eric Price | Jul 13, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Safety
As the numbers of air travelers inches ever closer to pre-pandemic levels, one question keeps popping up: “Is Flying Safe?” Amid shutdowns, botched re-openings, anti-mask histrionics, and travel bans, air travel has been stuck in a perpetual holding...
by Eric Price | Jul 10, 2020 | American, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2
July 10, 2020 To All TWU/IAM Association Members at American Airlines: American Airlines has informed the Association that it will be sending Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN Act notifications) to Association covered employees. This notice, which...
by Eric Price | Jul 9, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Uncategorized, United
En Español /// 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...
by Eric Price | Jun 18, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Front Page, Row 2
We, as members of District 141, are essential workers on the front lines every day. Just doing our job is not enough as we work through this COVID-19 pandemic. Our workplaces now mandate practices like social distancing, frequent hand washing, and sanitizing...
by Eric Price | Jun 17, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Front Page
It’s all-hands-on-deck for IAM Local 754 members of the Long Island Railroad. The COVID-19 crisis alters things for hundreds of members who usually work in the spring, tasked with overhauling engines and other maintenance, and readying the regional railroad’s fleet of...
