by Eric Price | Jul 31, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Safety, Uncategorized
A Conversation About Union-Level Safety Activism With Dennis Spencer Gate-Side Airline Safety Activism, Created, Directed and Maintained by Front-Line Union Members Brother Spencer has been fighting for workers safety since 2008, when he became the Safety Chair for...
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 27, 2020 | Community Service, Featured, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Safety, Safety, Uncategorized
The Sunday, July 26 anniversary of the signing of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a good time to reflect on how to empower and support workers with differing abilities that we see and interact with every day, whether we realize it or not. The ADA is...
