DO IT AGAIN: Keep Asking Your Senator to Support Airline Payroll Protection Until a Deal Passes

The IAMAW, along with a coalition of airline unions, is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill. After securing support from a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House, the IAM needs your help convincing the Senate that they must act now to save hundreds of thousands of airline...

District 141 Video Report With PHX Local President, Donald Carbonneau

A Conversation With New President of Phoenix's Local 2559, Don Carbonneau.Brother Don Carbonneau talks about Sky Harbor Lodge and the job of being a Local President during the pandemic.Brother Don Started his airline career in 1996 at America West Airlines, where he...

Senators Show Support for Extension of Payroll Protection to Prevent Mass Airline Layoffs in October.

A group of 16 Republican Senators sent a letter to Senate leaders supporting a measure that would provide $25 billion in additional payroll assistance to airlines. President Trump has endorsed the plan, clearing the way for an extension of the Payroll Support Program,...

Otra palabra con “C”

La Oficina del Censo acaba de anunciar que terminará todos los conteos nacionales en septiembre. ¿Has completado tu formulario del censo?Un poco de historia: Los fundadores de los EE. UU., en la Constitución, establecieron que un recuento de personas, no de tierra o...

The Other “C” Word

En Español ///The Census Bureau just announced they will end all efforts for a national count in September. Did you fill out your Census form?A Little History:The framers of the US Constitution chose to make a count of people, not land or wealth, to determine...

New House Measure Would Require Masks on Flights

The Healthy Flights Act of 2020 protects passengers and also ensures pilots, flight attendants, and other airline employees are provided masks and other protective equipment, requires the development of a national aviation pandemic preparedness plan, and commissions a...

Senate Plan Does Not Include Funds for Airlines to Avoid Furloughs

The GOP has released the details of their latest COVID-19 relief legislation named the “HEALS Act.” The proposed legislation not only cuts unemployment benefits to the 20 to 30 million Americans who are currently out of work, but falls short in just about every area...

Video Report: Airline Safety During the Pandemic

A Conversation About Union-Level Safety Activism With Dennis SpencerGate-Side Airline Safety Activism, Created, Directed and Maintained by Front-Line Union MembersBrother Spencer has been fighting for workers safety since 2008, when he became the Safety Chair for his...

ACTION ALERT: Contact Senators to Extend PSP and Avoid Furloughs

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),...

Travel Industry CEOs: “Testing enables reopening.”

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...

Machinist & Aerospace History: Buzz Aldrin and the Machinist Moonwalk

On July 20, 1969, millions of people watched in awe as astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon for the first time. Aldrin, an honorary IAM member, was part of a three-man crew that flew a 240,000-mile flight aboard Apollo 11....

Machinists, Aviation Unions Commend Bipartisan Push for Airline Worker Payroll Support Program Extension

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...