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Expect ‘real economic damage’ if Australia ends JobKeeper measures in September: Union
Jun 23, 2020
Uncertainty over the course of the recovery means it would be premature for the Australian government to roll back its coronavirus relief measures in......
Airline employees’ dilemma: Take severance or gamble on Oct. 1 layoffs
Jun 9, 2020
An employees at the Delta Air Lines helps a customer at a nearly deserted Los Angeles International Airport on April 16, 2020 in Los......
United plans to shutter three overseas flight attendant bases as international travel suffers
Jun 5, 2020
A Boeing 777-222(ER) passenger plane belonging to the United Airlines taking off at Hong Kong International Airport on August 08 2018 in Hong Kong,......
United plans to shut down three overseas flight attendant bases as international travel suffers
Jun 5, 2020
A Boeing 777-222(ER) passenger plane belonging to the United Airlines taking off at Hong Kong International Airport on August 08 2018 in Hong Kong,......
Former Minneapolis Mayor: Democrats ‘Shouldn’t Be Afraid’ Of Police Unions
Jun 2, 2020
R.T. Rybak needed support from the police, or so he thought. In 2001, not......
NYC Transit Union Backs Bus Drivers Who Refuse To Transport Protesters For NYPD
May 30, 2020
New York City’s transit workers’ union has voiced its support for members who......
MLB Owners Want To Use The Coronavirus Pandemic To Bust Baseball’s Players Union
May 27, 2020
The 2020 Major League Baseball season, already on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, is now......
Democrats want Mnuchin to explain why bailed-out airlines are cutting workers’ hours
May 26, 2020
House Democrats want Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to explain why airlines are getting away with cutting workers' hours after they received portions of $25......
One Way To Protect Workers In A Pandemic: Make It Harder To Fire Them
May 22, 2020
Donte Martin authored an illuminating as-told-to essay for The Washington Post last week......
United’s new CEO eyes union cooperation to avoid staff cuts in pandemic crisis
May 20, 2020
United Airlines president Scott Kirby poses in front of the "Flight for the Planet", the most eco-friendly commercial flight in history of aviation, according......
United Airlines’ new CEO Kirby takes the reins, aiming to ‘get through hell as quickly as possible’
May 19, 2020
United Airlines president Scott Kirby speaking in Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 2019.Kamil Krzaczynski | ReutersUnited Airlines' incoming CEO Scott Kirby doesn't mince words."It's far......
Plans to reopen US economy must ‘talk about worker safety,’ says AFL-CIO president
May 8, 2020
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on Friday warned that workers will be at risk of getting sick with the coronavirus if restrictions on businesses are lifted without......
US lawmakers urge Mnuchin to crack down on airlines cutting worker hours after taking billions in coronavirus aid
May 8, 2020
An airport worker guides a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-100 plane on the tarmac at LAX in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 6, 2020.Lucy......
US lawmakers urge Mnuchin to crack down airlines cutting worker hours after taking billions in coronavirus aid
May 8, 2020
An airport worker guides a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319-100 plane on the tarmac at LAX in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 6, 2020.Lucy......
Cargo carriers reap rewards of coronavirus chaos
May 7, 2020
A Boeing 747 cargo freighter belonging to the Atlas Air flies into the clouds after lifting off from Hong Kong International Airport, on 23......