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US Airways Workers’ Benefits Guaranteed
CWA, which represents passenger service employees at US Airways, won assurances that the airline will honor its contract covering some 10,600 agents and will pay furlough assistance to workers laid off in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
CWA President Morton Bahr had several conversations with US Airways’ top officer, Stephen Wolf, pressing him to keep the carrier’s commitment to workers. Some major airlines are attempting to use war emergency “loopholes” to avoid paying furlough assistance, despite congressional passage of the $15 billion relief package.
CWA and other unions representing airline employees also are calling on Congress to provide disaster adjustment assistance that would directly aid the 100,000 airline workers who are losing their jobs. Bahr met with House and Senate Democratic leaders to work out a program that would include continuing health care coverage, extended unemployment compensation, training and job search assistance. Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle and House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt are pressing for relief for airline and other workers.
In announcing the layoffs, US Airways said it will close three reservations centers — Dayton, Ohio, Indianapolis, Ind., and Syracuse, N.Y. Additionally, the airline announced last month it would close its San Diego reservation center. Layoffs at US Airways could involve 2,000 passenger service employees, though the numbers had not been finalized by late September.
CWA President Morton Bahr had several conversations with US Airways’ top officer, Stephen Wolf, pressing him to keep the carrier’s commitment to workers. Some major airlines are attempting to use war emergency “loopholes” to avoid paying furlough assistance, despite congressional passage of the $15 billion relief package.
CWA and other unions representing airline employees also are calling on Congress to provide disaster adjustment assistance that would directly aid the 100,000 airline workers who are losing their jobs. Bahr met with House and Senate Democratic leaders to work out a program that would include continuing health care coverage, extended unemployment compensation, training and job search assistance. Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle and House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt are pressing for relief for airline and other workers.
In announcing the layoffs, US Airways said it will close three reservations centers — Dayton, Ohio, Indianapolis, Ind., and Syracuse, N.Y. Additionally, the airline announced last month it would close its San Diego reservation center. Layoffs at US Airways could involve 2,000 passenger service employees, though the numbers had not been finalized by late September.