I am writing to you on behalf of the more than 85,000 Teamsters working in aviation. Earlier this week, the President noted in a tweet the efforts of Teamster-represented Atlas pilots, who are flying tons of medical supplies to the places that most need them. Last week, America’s aviation workers won a huge victory in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act) that should be the model for how we deal with the entire economic crisis caused by COVID-19. Under the provisions that the Teamsters and other unions fought to have included, the federal government will pay the wages, salaries, and benefits of more than two million airline and airport workers, most of whom were facing layoffs or furloughs due to the near total collapse of air travel in this country.
Please click here to read the full letter from the Airline Division to the U.S. Treasury Secretary.