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What you need to know about unemployment benefits in the coronavirus relief bill
Mar 26, 2020
Yellow Dog Productions What does the legislation do?The bill — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — expands unemployment insurance, a program enacted in 1935......
Coronavirus bill will create ‘devastating’ incentive to lay off employees, critics say
Mar 25, 2020
People waiting in line at an unemployment office.Yellow Dog ProductionsThe coronavirus relief bill under consideration by Congress would significantly expand unemployment benefits for Americans......
Airlines set for $32 billion in cash aid to keep workers, clearing hurdle for coronavirus bill
Mar 25, 2020
Digital signs in the baggage claim area at McCarran International Airport display guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on protection from......
Coronavirus bill boosts unemployment benefits, covers gig workers
Mar 25, 2020
People waiting in line at an unemployment office.Yellow Dog ProductionsA coronavirus relief bill unveiled Tuesday would significantly expand unemployment benefits for Americans who lose......Head of the biggest US labor union discusses the coronavirus response
Mar 24, 2020
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GE cuts 10% of US aviation unit workers, will increase medical equipment output amid virus
Mar 23, 2020
A General Electric GE9X engine is pictured on a Boeing 777X airplane as it taxis for the first flight, which had to be rescheduled......
Airlines tell Congress they need cash coronavirus aid or thousands will be furloughed
Mar 22, 2020
Airplanes sit on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on January 31, 2020 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesU.S. airlines......
Delta warns second-quarter revenue to fall $10 billion because of coronavirus
Mar 20, 2020
Delta's first Airbus A350 in Atlanta.Leslie Josephs | CNBCDelta Air Lines' CEO Ed Bastian warned Friday that the airline's second-quarter revenue will be down 80% —......
United warns of possible job cuts if government doesn’t act quickly on coronavirus aid
Mar 20, 2020
United Airlines planes, including a Boeing 737 MAX 9 model, are pictured at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, March 18, 2019.Loren Elliott......
Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley resigns from Boeing board, opposing government aid
Mar 19, 2020
Then South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the dedication of Boeing Co.'s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. on Friday,......
Regional US airline Compass shutting down as coronavirus presents ‘insurmountable obstacles’
Mar 19, 2020
American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-900ER aircraft seen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.Alex Tai | SOPA | Getty ImagesCompass Airlines, a regional carrier that flies......
Airlines’ historic rout deepens as they plead for billions in government aid, slash costs amid coronavirus
Mar 19, 2020
A ground crew prepares to unload luggage from an arriving Delta Airlines flight at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on March 15, 2020 in Seattle,......
Hospitality Workers Union Estimates 80% To 90% Of Members Will Lose Jobs During Coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020
The leading labor union for hospitality workers said Wednesday that it expects 80% to 90% of......
Honda, BMW close plants in U.S. and Europe due to the coronavirus outbreak
Mar 18, 2020
Employees look over 2018 Honda Accord vehicle before being driven off the assembly line at the Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. Marysville Auto Plant......
Coronavirus forces airlines to consider a once unthinkable possibility — halting US flights
Mar 16, 2020
Airlines around the world are racing to preserve cash as demand for flights craters after political leaders turn to increasingly draconian measures that have......