Machinists & Aerospace Union and United Airlines Agree to Voluntary Partial Pay Leave Program

July 24, 2020 To IAM-represented workers at United Airlines: IAM District 141 and United Airlines have come to an agreement for a new 12-month Voluntary Partial Pay Leave (VPPL) program. The VPPL will provide 25 percent pay continuation, medical and dental coverage at...

How You Can Help Save Hundreds of Thousands of Airline Jobs This Fall

Ask Congressional Leadership to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Airline JobsIn March, as U.S. COVID-19 cases began rising exponentially, Congress rose to the occasion by enacting the CARES Act to provide assistance to tens of millions of Americans who found their...

Local Lodge 1759 Holding Town Halls on Furloughs

Local Lodge 1759 (DC Area) Holds Town Halls to Discuss FurloughsCapitol Air Lodge 1759 in Herndon, Virginia calls daily membership Q&A Sessions, 8-hours a day, for the next two weeks.IAMAW Local 1759 President, Bill Huston discusses the extraordinary efforts that...

Lawmakers Are Gathering Support For Measures that Could Prevent Airline Furloughs This Fall

Last week, a group of lawmakers in the House Transportation Committee began circulating a letter asking members of Congress to publicly support a plan that would save hundreds of thousands of airline jobs this fall. The letter calls for an extension of the Payroll...

Lawmakers Backing Union Calls to Prevent Mass Furloughs this Fall

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...

Video Report: A Conversation With Workers’ Compensation Attorney, Kathleen Grace Walsh

Attorney and Workers' Rights Expert, Kathleen Grace WalshAn Important Conversation about Workers' Compensation Kathleen Grace Walsh is a Virginia attorney whose practice specialties encompass Virginia Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. She is known...

Association EAP Contacts

Sisters and Brothers, This year has been an emotional rollercoaster and stressful year for all of us. We have experienced periods of high stress coupled with periods of good news. Contentious contract talks, ratified contract, COVID 19, CARES Act passes, pandemic...

Philadelphia Remembers IAMAW Brother, Mike Byrd

Philadelphia Remembers Mike ByrdAM 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...

Association Responds to American Airlines’ WARN Act Notice

To: TWU/IAM Membership From: TWU/IAM Staff Date: 7.16.2020 RE: WARN Letter This is an informational note to address the fact that American Airlines has issued WARN letters to members of the Association. Let’s start by talking about what a WARN letter is. The...

San Francisco Local Union Activists Offer Education, Preparations for This Fall

SFO Local 1781 and 1782 Conduct 3 Days of Briefings to Help Members Prepare Chris Lusk, IAM District 141 Educator and Vice President of 1781, briefs the membership about efforts their local is taking to prepare for the potential of large-scale labor that major...

American Airlines to Offer Revised Leaves of Absence and Voluntary Early Outs

July 15, 2020 American Airlines will announce today that they are offering ‘enhanced’ Leaves of Absence and Early Outs to Association members. Association leadership discussed these revised offers and made several suggestions that would make them more attractive to...

Machinists and Aerospace Workers Call for Clean Extension of Airline Payroll Support Program

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Over the last four months, we have experienced the devastating effects of COVID-19. Many of us have lost family and friends, and just about all of us know someone whose life was cut short due to this vicious virus. In addition to the human...