by Eric Price | Oct 7, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday turned down a request by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), and its 33 member unions, including the IAM, for an emergency order requiring masks on airplanes, trains, and other forms of...
by Eric Price | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Page Five, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, retirement, Row 2, Uncategorized
///This post originally appeared on GOIAM.ORG The IAM has worked for months to negotiate a new Group Medicare plan for Medicare-eligible retirees, spouses, surviving spouses and Medicare-eligible dependents. We are excited to announce a new partnership with Employee...
by Eric Price | Oct 3, 2020 | Airlines, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
Watch as Rep. Peter DeFazio gets visibly angry when efforts to help reverse mass airline furloughs are killed. After Republican leadership in the House of Representatives blocked a motion to pass legislation to provide emergency relief for airline workers, a clearly...
by Eric Price | Oct 2, 2020 | Featured News, Front Page, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized, Video
This week’s 141 Video Report features C.A. “Obie” O’Brien, President of the Pennsylvania State Council of Machinists, and VP Rich Howell Brother O’Brien is a legendary figure in the Machinists Union, whose activism during his 56-year career has inspired countless...
by Eric Price | Oct 2, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized
IAMAW Transportation Territory /// The IAM is urging an immediate, standalone extension of expired airline worker relief, known as the Payroll Support Program (PSP). Tens of thousands of airline workers were furloughed at midnight on Thursday, October 1 after Congress...
by Eric Price | Sep 30, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured News, Front Page, Hawaiian, MNPL, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Philippine, Row 2, Spirit, Uncategorized, United, Video
/// Click Here to see video on Facebook /// A “last clock” video posted on Tuesday to TikTok and Facebook by a United Airlines Customer Service Agent is drawing attention to the thousands of airline employees who are losing their jobs due to congressional inaction. ...
