US: How labour unions won historic pay protection for aviation workers
As Congress prepares to approve a US$2tr stimulus bill to mitigate the financial impact of the corona virus, airline labour unions appear to have achieved unprecedented success in extending its protections to their workers. The bill provides $31b in direct grants to pay as many as 750,000 airline industry workers, many but not all union members, through Sept 30. Of the total, $25b is allocated for passenger airlines, $4b for cargo airlines, and $3b for contractors, including those who employ caterers and airport workers, according to the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. “After the Gulf War, people got laid off with almost no salary protection,” said the International Association of Machinists. “That’s what would be happening right now, if it wasn’t for all of the furious lobbying by the labour movement”. <br/>
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US: How labour unions won historic pay protection for aviation workers
As Congress prepares to approve a US$2tr stimulus bill to mitigate the financial impact of the corona virus, airline labour unions appear to have achieved unprecedented success in extending its protections to their workers. The bill provides $31b in direct grants to pay as many as 750,000 airline industry workers, many but not all union members, through Sept 30. Of the total, $25b is allocated for passenger airlines, $4b for cargo airlines, and $3b for contractors, including those who employ caterers and airport workers, according to the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. “After the Gulf War, people got laid off with almost no salary protection,” said the International Association of Machinists. “That’s what would be happening right now, if it wasn’t for all of the furious lobbying by the labour movement”. <br/>
