by Eric Price | May 11, 2020 | COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Row 2, United
Mike Klemm, President and Directing General Chair of District 141 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, sits down with the Valley Labor Report to discuss labor issues in the airline industry. Hosts David Story and Jacob Morrison asked...
by Eric Price | May 8, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, United
The Machinists Union today withdrew its lawsuit against United Airlines after the carrier backed down from its 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...
by Eric Price | May 8, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, Organizing, United
May 5, 2020 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We hope you share our outrage that United Airlines, a few short days after accepting $5 billion of taxpayer dollars which it committed to use to...
by Eric Price | May 7, 2020 | COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Home, Home, Row 2, Safety, United
The International Transport Workers Federation sent a letter to United’s CEO in solidarity with the IAM. The full text of the letter is below. Download original version > To Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines I write you today on behalf of the International...
by Eric Price | May 6, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, Row 2, United
Greetings! 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...
by Eric Price | May 6, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, Row 2, United
Today the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (“IAM”) filed a lawsuit against United Airlines in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mike Klemm, President and Directing General Chair of IAM District Lodge...
