NY delegates urge American Airlines to protect area maintenance jobs
New York’s 27 delegates to the US House of Representatives have asked American Airlines and its mechanics’ unions to reach an agreement that prevents jobs at New York-area airports from being shipped overseas. American employs more than 2,000 workers represented by the TWU-IAM Association across New York JFK, New York Newark and LaGuardia airports. In an Aug 16 letter to American CE Doug Parker and the TWU-IAM Association, the lawmakers wrote: “We again ask your organisations to work together in good faith to come to an agreement that maintains these American jobs ... While ensuring American safety standards are applied universally.” An American spokesman said the company “shares the eagerness expressed in the letter to reach a new contract with our mechanic and fleet service team members.” <br/>
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NY delegates urge American Airlines to protect area maintenance jobs
New York’s 27 delegates to the US House of Representatives have asked American Airlines and its mechanics’ unions to reach an agreement that prevents jobs at New York-area airports from being shipped overseas. American employs more than 2,000 workers represented by the TWU-IAM Association across New York JFK, New York Newark and LaGuardia airports. In an Aug 16 letter to American CE Doug Parker and the TWU-IAM Association, the lawmakers wrote: “We again ask your organisations to work together in good faith to come to an agreement that maintains these American jobs ... While ensuring American safety standards are applied universally.” An American spokesman said the company “shares the eagerness expressed in the letter to reach a new contract with our mechanic and fleet service team members.” <br/>
