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Machinists Union Leading Fight for Airline Worker Payroll Support Extension to Avoid Layoffs
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A Machinists Union (IAM) news item dated February 2, 2021, on the union's lobbying for an extension of the airline Payroll Support Program (PSP). It states that the IAM received notice of no PSP funding in the budget resolution and that congressional leadership then decided to include airline worker funding in the budget resolution proposal. The item quotes the IAM International President and its Transportation General Vice President on an extension through September 2021 and asks members to contact their Senators and Representative. It quotes a joint letter from a coalition of aviation unions asking Congress to provide $15 billion to extend the program and to extend furlough protections until September 30, stating that without these actions wide-scale layoffs will begin as early as March 31.
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Machinists Union Leading Fight for Airline Worker Payroll Support Extension to Avoid Layoffs Air Transport February 2, 2021 The IAM continues to lead the fight on Capitol Hill for an extension of the airline Payroll Support Program (PSP) to keep tens of thousands of IAM members employed. On Sunday, the IAM received notice that there was absolutely no funding in the budget resolution for the desperately needed Payroll Support Program (PSP). International President Robert Martinez Jr. and the IAM Legislative Department immediately jumped into action to make sure that Congress include desperately needed funding for airline workers. As a result of the IAM’s aggressive lobbying, congressional leadership decided to include airline worker funding in the budget resolution proposal. “Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, airline workers have been forced to work through difficult times, unsure about their health and futures,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “Thousands of jobs have already been lost, and without an extension of the Payroll Support Program, those numbers are likely to increase. The IAM will do everything possible to get relief for airline, transportation and all transit workers during this unprecedented time.” Keep Up the Pressure! IAM members must act now to tell your Senators and Representative to provide sorely needed relief to aviation workers and help save hundreds of thousands of frontline airline worker jobs. TAKE ACTION: Tell Your U.S. Senators and Representative to extend the Airline Payroll Support Program Through September 2021 “An extension of the Payroll Support Program through September is vital to ensuring the futures of hundreds of thousands of aviation jobs,” said IAM Transportation General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “I ask that all Machinists support their aviation Sisters and Brothers by calling your Senators and Representative imploring them to include this much-needed relief in any COVID Relief package.” Call your Representative at 202-224-3121 to urge them to pass an extension of the Payroll Support Program, and save thousands of frontline aviation jobs. In a letter to Senate and House leadership, the IAM, along with a coalition of aviation unions, urged members of the House and Senate to include this vitally important, bipartisan legislation in any COVID-19 pandemic relief package to be considered by Congress. “We respectfully request that Congress provide $15 billion to extend the program, and ask that the furlough protections that have ensured this program’s success be extended until September 30 or until the funds are exhausted, whichever date is later. Without these actions, wide-scale layoffs in the industry will begin as early as March 31,” the joint letter reads. Share and Follow: RELATED ARTICLES Transportation Labor Speaks — IAM and TCU/IAM at the Table as TTD Adopts Key Policy Priorities Read more IAM Union Applauds Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott for Standing with IAM Local 4538 Members at Apple’s Towson Center Read more IAM Union Members at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth Vote to Accept Strong Agreement Read more IAM District 19 and TCU/IAM Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Historic Long Island Rail Road Agreements Read more IAM Union Joins Memorial Day Ruck March to Support Veterans in Oregon Read more MOST POPULAR NEWS / ARTICLES IAM Union Calls on Leonardo DRS to End Lockout of West Plains Workers and Return to Fair Negotiations Read more 1,350 IAM Union Members at Olin Winchester in Kansas City Vote to Reject Contract, Strike for Fairness Read more District 751’s Jon Holden Appointed IAM General Vice President as Union Heightens Focus on Training Next Generation of Skilled Workers Read more IAM Union Escalates Pressure on Military Ammo Maker Olin Winchester as Missouri Strike Raises Concerns Amid Escalating Global Conflicts Read more IAM Local 778 Members Ratify New Contract, End Strike at Olin Winchester Read more MOST RECENT NEWS / ARTICLES Transportation Labor Speaks — IAM and TCU/IAM at the Table as TTD Adopts Key Policy Priorities Read more IAM Union Applauds Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott for Standing with IAM Local 4538 Members at Apple’s Towson Center Read more IAM Union Members at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth Vote to Accept Strong Agreement Read more IAM District 19 and TCU/IAM Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Historic Long Island Rail Road Agreements Read more IAM Union Joins Memorial Day Ruck March to Support Veterans in Oregon Read more
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