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These are the states getting hit the hardest with job losses from the coronavirus pandemic
Apr 23, 2020
Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania are seeing surges in claims for unemployment benefits as workers and state health officials in those states struggle to strike......
US airlines are losing money for the first time in years as coronavirus ends travel boom
Apr 23, 2020
A JetBlue Airways Corp. plane taxis next to American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Alaska Airlines Inc. aircraft at Reagan National......
US airlines report their first losses in years as coronavirus devastates air travel demand
Apr 23, 2020
Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International......
Delta books first loss in more than five years and plans to halve $100 million-a-day cash burn amid coronavirus travel slump
Apr 22, 2020
Planes belonging to Delta Air Lines sit idle at Kansas City International Airport on April 03, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri.Jamie Squire | Getty......
Delta books first-quarter loss after burning $100 million in cash a day during coronavirus travel slump
Apr 22, 2020
Planes belonging to Delta Air Lines sit idle at Kansas City International Airport on April 03, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri.Jamie Squire | Getty......
AFL-CIO president says he told Trump ‘workers have to have a say’ in how economy is restarted
Apr 17, 2020
Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, said Friday he told President Donald Trump this week that American workers must......
In an age of coronavirus, airlines’ ‘Mr. Fix-It’ says the industry’s future depends on convincing travelers it’s safe to fly again
Apr 17, 2020
Frontier Airlines planes stand at gates on the A Concourse at Denver International Airport in Denver.David Zalubowski | APMore government aid and health checks......
Airlines cheer government coronavirus aid but paint bleak demand picture
Apr 15, 2020
The record drop in air travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be as bad as it's going to get, American Airlines CEO Doug......
American Airlines CEO: ‘It certainly feels like we’re at bottom’ as revenue tumbles 90%
Apr 15, 2020
Doug Parker, CEO of American AirlinesAdam Jeffery | CNBCThe record drop in air travel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be as......
US airlines, Treasury Department reach agreement billions in aid
Apr 15, 2020
A JetBlue Airways Corp. plane taxis next to American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Alaska Airlines Inc. aircraft at Reagan National......
US airlines, Treasury Department reach agreements on billions in coronavirus aid
Apr 14, 2020
A JetBlue Airways Corp. plane taxis next to American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., and Alaska Airlines Inc. aircraft at Reagan National......
Mnuchin flexes muscles on airline coronavirus aid — a taste of what other companies may face
Apr 13, 2020
The Treasury Department is sending a message to large companies weighing government aid to weather the coronavirus pandemic: No free rides.Negotiations between airlines and......
This Union’s Members Are Risking Their Lives So Americans Can Still Eat
Apr 12, 2020
Never has so much been asked of America’s grocery store and meatpacking workers. They are working through a pandemic, getting......
Do you have questions about unemployment benefits? Here’s what you need to know
Apr 11, 2020
Unemployment applications are seen as City of Hialeah employees hand them out to people in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April......
Treasury Department says larger airlines need to compensate taxpayers for coronavirus aid as talks drag on
Apr 10, 2020
File photo of an almost-empty passenger plane.Laurel Chor | Getty ImagesThe country's largest airlines will have to compensate taxpayers for billions in payroll grants......