Association Update: JCBA Voter Guide

ASSOCIATION UPDATE /// March 23, 2020 As we move closer to the ratification vote for the Joint Collective Bargaining Agreements with American Airlines, we wanted to provide the members with a sample of the information that will be provided over the next few days via...

Association Update: AA Ratification Voting Will be Done Electronically

The TWU-IAM Association /// March 19, 2020 Due to worsening circumstances surrounding the Coronavirus crisis in the United States, the TWU/IAM Association leadership has determined to make a change in the voting procedures for the ratification of the tentative Joint...

March Helping Hands EAP Newsletter: Coping With Coronavirus

EAP Peer Coordinators: Coronavirus has changed everything. All Airlines have experienced a severe drop off of load factors associated with reduced flying due to governmental flying restrictions. This special edition addresses the situation by looking at how to...

IAMAW District 141 PDGC Mike Klemm Calls for Immediate Action to Save Airline Jobs

IAMAW District 141 ///// Sisters and Brothers, In recent weeks, many of you have contacted your local union representatives, Assistant General Chairpersons or me directly to express your fears of possible pay cuts, furloughs or the likelihood of your carrier going...

URGENT: Tell Congress to Save Airline Jobs

IAMAW Transportation Territory ///Dear Sisters and Brothers, In response to the unprecedented destruction of demand for air travel due to COVID-19, US airlines are considering draconian measures to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. US airlines have slashed...

A Situation Unparalleled in Our Lifetime

IAMAW Transportation Territory /// March 16, 2020 Dear Sisters and Brothers, The change enveloping our industry is unprecedented. Each day brings us new revelations about where COVID-19 is spreading and how it is being transmitted. We wake up each day and learn about...

District 141 PDGC Mike Klemm Responds to United Statement Re: COVID-19

Dear United Member, I’m sure by now most of you have had a chance to read the communication put out by Oscar Munoz and Scott Kirby last night. I want to start off by commending both men and their teams for keeping the IAM completely informed with the dire financial...

CORONAVIRUS: COVID-19 Be Vigilant. Be Prepared. Don’t Panic.

AFL-CIO//////////// Read Original Version The COVID-19 outbreak is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It has spread rapidly around the globe and now throughout the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the outbreak as a pandemic....

GVP Pantoja Addresses Members Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

IAMAW Transportation /////// Dear Sisters and Brothers, As the COVID-19 virus outbreak evolves and expands in the U.S. and across the globe, our industry has been especially vulnerable. It is our business to transport passengers and goods around the world....

IAM Temporarily Suspends Winpisinger Center Programming

GOIAM.ORG //////// View Original Story Based on guidance concerning social distancing to slow and limit the rate of infection of COVID-19, or the Coronavirus, the IAM is temporarily suspending programming at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center for two...

Coronavirus: British Airways boss tells staff jobs will go (BBC News)

BBC NEWS//////////// View Original Story British Airways is to ground flights 'like never before' and lay off staff in response to the coronavirus. In a memo to staff titled "The Survival of British Airways", boss Alex Cruz warned that job cuts could be "short term,...

Delta is cutting more flights now than it did after 9/11 (THE VERGE)

THE VERGE ///////////// Delta Air Lines is reducing its flight capacity by 40 percent due to a coronavirus-related dropoff in demand, marking the biggest reduction in operations in the airline’s history. That includes the months after the September 11th terrorist...