by Eric Price | Oct 12, 2020 | COVID, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2, Uncategorized
As many of you are aware of by now, President Trump yesterday terminated negotiations with Democrats on a federal relief stimulus package, only to change course hours later to demand the House and Senate immediately approve $25 billion in new aid for the airline...
by Eric Price | Oct 9, 2020 | COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Perusals, Row 2
141 Report: District Lobbyist James Wells James Wells, from Local 1726 in Boston, talks about some of the legislative work being done in the New England area on behalf of airline workers. James “Jamie” Wells is a well known Machinists Union activist and organizer...
by Eric Price | Oct 8, 2020 | Airlines, American, COVID, Featured, Featured News, Front Page, GOIAM Stories, Hawaiian, MNPL, Organizing, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Perusals, Philippine, Row 2, Spirit, Uncategorized, United
///This post originally appeared on GOIAM.ORG We are closer than ever to save the jobs of tens of thousands of airline workers. Thanks to U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), the IAM and our airline union coalition are making huge strides toward securing airline worker...
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 5, 2020 | COVID, EAP, Featured News, Front Page, Helping Hands, Page Five, Page Four, Page Three, Page Two, Row 2, Uncategorized
EAP Peer Coordinators, As the covid virus continues to affect all of us, we are starting to see the effects of isolation. Mental Health and substance abuse issues are beginning to surface in numbers we have not seen before. There are resources to help – and we...
