by Eric Price | May 18, 2020 | COVID, Front Page, United
A Maintenance supervisor at United Airlines is suing the airline for its plan to furlough thousands of administrative employees later this month. According to the complaint, Chicago-based supervisor Kenneth England was told that he must take 20 unpaid days off, and...
by Eric Price | May 15, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, United
Representative Kevin Brady, the ranking Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has issued a statement calling furloughs by airlines like United, Delta, and JetBlue, “Inappropriate.” The statement came after a union member at United...
by Eric Price | May 14, 2020 | Community Service Page, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Home, Home, Uncategorized
United in Remembrance Members of Local 914 in Newark remember lives lost, join to lift spirits. Machinists Union members joined co-workers from United and other airport employees in front of Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport on Wednesday morning to remember 12...
by Eric Price | May 14, 2020 | Community Service, Community Service Page, COVID, EAP, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Helping Hands, Home, Home, Uncategorized
EAP Peers; As many communities and states start to ease the restrictions everyone has been under, there will be concerns about returning to the workplace. For most of us, we have been at work as essential workers. Returning to the workplace isn’t an issue...
by Eric Price | May 13, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, Home, MNPL
May 12, 2020 Mr. Oscar Munoz Chief Executive Officer, United Airlines, Inc. PO Box 06649 Chicago, IL 60606-0649 Dear Mr. Munoz, I am alarmed by United Airlines’ decision to eliminate 3,400 management and administration positions on October 1, 2020 and reduce...
by Eric Price | May 12, 2020 | COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Home
Airlines need passengers to feel safe. Businesses need to provide excellent customer service to prosper. Temperature checks help achieve these goals. In order to ramp up to recover from the biggest crisis they have faced in decades, airlines need to convince...