by Eric Price | Jul 30, 2020 | Airlines, American, Community Service Page, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Hawaiian, Home, Mail Only, MNPL, Organizing, Philippine, Row 2, Spirit, United
Sisters and Brothers, As you know, Congress is currently negotiating another stimulus bill to address the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. I will be first to admit I didn’t think we had a chance to get an extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP),...
by Eric Price | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized
On July 20, 1969, millions of people watched in awe as astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon for the first time. Aldrin, an honorary IAM member, was part of a three-man crew that flew a 240,000-mile flight aboard Apollo 11....
by Eric Price | Jul 29, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized, United
The IAM along with other aviation unions are lauding 223 bipartisan members of Congress for calling for an extension of the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021. The program, which allocated grants to commercial airlines and airline...
by Eric Price | Jul 28, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized, United
More than 200 members of Congress have signed a letter supporting a union-backed plan that would prevent mass airline furloughs this fall. The letter, written by the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Representative Peter DeFazio...
by Eric Price | Jul 21, 2020 | Airlines, Community Service Page, COVID, MNPL, Organizing, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
Local Lodge 1759 (DC Area) Holds Town Halls to Discuss Furloughs Capitol Air Lodge 1759 in Herndon, Virginia calls daily membership Q&A Sessions, 8-hours a day, for the next two weeks. IAMAW Local 1759 President, Bill Huston discusses the extraordinary efforts...
by Eric Price | Jul 17, 2020 | American, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Uncategorized, Video
Philadelphia Remembers Mike Byrd AM Local 1776 American Airlines members say goodbye to our departed brother, Mike Byrd. Crowds of co-workers gathered on Thursday afternoon to say goodby to longtime union member and friend, Mike Byrd. Escorted by his parents, Mike was...
