The Airline Workers' Movement is Taking Off
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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The Impact of COVID on Airlines
Airlines were looking for federal funding to keep the airlines in place when demand drops 97% and they weren't even going to make payroll. So we said, no, this is going to be a workers first package. All the money that comes from the federal government has to go to the paying benefits of people on the front lines. And also you can't have any stock buybacks for up to a year after the relief period ends.
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