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...
by Eric Price | May 5, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, Uncategorized, United
United management is violating the CARES Act and the RLA and purposely violating our contracts during this illegal, furlough from full-time to part-time. I’ve been with United Airlines for nearly 30 years. I’ve unfortunately been involved with numerous furloughs, all...
by Eric Price | May 3, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Front Page, Home, Home, MNPL, Uncategorized, United
Senator Josh Hawley issued a warning to United Airlines: use the $5 Billion of CARES Act money to keep your workforce intact… or give the money back. In a series of Tweets, the Republican Senator from Missouri explained how he was approached by several IAMAW members...