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...
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...
by Eric Price | Jul 13, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Safety
As the numbers of air travelers inches ever closer to pre-pandemic levels, one question keeps popping up: “Is Flying Safe?” Amid shutdowns, botched re-openings, anti-mask histrionics, and travel bans, air travel has been stuck in a perpetual holding...
by Eric Price | Jul 10, 2020 | Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Organizing, Row 2, Video
Standing Up For Union Members: Keith T.W. Anderko Explains How Union Plus Can Help Keith T.W. Anderko is the IAMAW’s Union Service Representative at Union Plus, which provides invaluable member-only benefits and discounts. Long before joining Union Plus, Keith was a...
by Eric Price | Jul 10, 2020 | American, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Row 2
July 10, 2020 To All TWU/IAM Association Members at American Airlines: American Airlines has informed the Association that it will be sending Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN Act notifications) to Association covered employees. This notice, which...
by Eric Price | Jul 10, 2020 | COVID, Education, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Row 2, Safety, Safety
Johns Hopkins University, the world’s foremost research facility in the war against COVID-19, is offering a free online course for anyone interested in training for a job as a contact tracer. A key strategy for confronting the COVID-19 pandemic has become...
