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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 transportation. “While this decision by the DOT is just a continuation of the Trump administration’s blatant
Read moreWe are closer than ever to saving 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 relief. Unfortunately, House Republicans blocked a vote on the DeFazio-Larsen airline Payroll Support Program extension (H.R. 8504) today.
Read moreThis afternoon, a standalone clean extension of Payroll Support Program (PSP) was introduced in the House of Representatives. IAM members must act now to tell your Representative to support the DeFazio-Larsen PSP Extension (H.R. 8504), a clean extension of airline relief provided in the CARES Act. Call your Representative at 202-224-3121 to urge them to pass
Read moreThe IAM is urging an immediate, standalone extension of expired airline worker relief, known as the Payroll Support Program (PSP). Tens of thousands of airline workers were furloughed at midnight on Thursday, October 1 after Congress could not come to terms before aid from the CARES Act ran out. Reports on Thursday indicated that negotiations
Read moreThe IAM is urging an immediate, standalone extension of expired airline worker relief, known as the Payroll Support Program (PSP).
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