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 | Airlines, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Uncategorized
July 27, 2020 Dear Mr. President, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer, A reopening of the U.S. economy is critical, and the only way to sustain job growth is to drive demand. One of the major challenges of a national economic recovery...
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, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2, Uncategorized
Last week, a group of lawmakers in the House Transportation Committee began circulating a letter asking members of Congress to publicly support a plan that would save hundreds of thousands of airline jobs this fall. The letter calls for an extension of the Payroll...
by Eric Price | Jul 20, 2020 | Airlines, American, Featured News, Front Page, Hawaiian, MNPL, Philippine, Row 2, Spirit, Uncategorized, United
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are supporting a plan that would prevent the mass furloughs of tens of thousands of airline workers this fall by extending current payroll assistance into 2021. Congressman Peter A. DeFazio, who serves as the Chair of the House...
