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Ranking Republican on House Ways and Means Committee: Airline Furloughs Under CARES Act “Inappropriate.”
Representative Kevin Brady, the ranking Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has issued a statement calling furloughs by airlines like United, Delta, and JetBlue, "Inappropriate." The statement came after a union member at United Airlines...
Discussing United Lawsuit, Labor Issues with the Valley Labor Report
Mike Klemm, President and Directing General Chair of District 141 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, sits down with the Valley Labor Report to discuss labor issues in the airline industry. Hosts David Story and Jacob Morrison asked...
Machinists Union Withdraws United Lawsuit After Airline Drops Illegal Furlough Plan
The Machinists Union today withdrew its lawsuit against United Airlines after the carrier backed down from its plans to cut the pay rates of its entire full-time Fleet Service and Customer Service workgroups by reducing their hours worked. The IAM maintains the right...
Joint Letter from Bob Martinez and Richard Trumka to Donald Trump
May 5, 2020 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We hope you share our outrage that United Airlines, a few short days after accepting $5 billion of taxpayer dollars which it committed to use to...
Letter from International Transport Workers Federation Supporting IAM Members at United
The International Transport Workers Federation sent a letter to United's CEO in solidarity with the IAM. The full text of the letter is below. Download original version >To Scott Kirby, CEO of United AirlinesI write you today on behalf of the International...
United Reconsiders Furloughs
Greetings! As you know yesterday, your union filed a lawsuit against United Airlines in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. We sought an injunction against United Airlines on behalf of the 27,000 IAM represented Fleet...
