Labor unions played an instrumental role in getting a contentious coronavirus aid bill that protects their jobs through the end of September.
Nelson, a prominent labor leader before this crisis who railed against the government for not paying aviation workers during last year's partial shutdown before it ended hours after a shortage of air traffic controllers disrupted flights, said she's learned lessons from previous industry bailouts, including following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that left carriers on shaky footing and led to thousands of layoffs in the tumultuous decade after.
Nelson reached out to senators including New York Sen. Charles Schumer to explain that the funds would go directly to payroll. Thousands of airline workers used social media to urge lawmakers to approve the payroll guarantees.The format Nelson advocated for ended up in the successful Senate bill.
The bill that passed the Senate included $25 billion in grants for passenger airlines and $4 billion for cargo airlines and $3 billion for airline contractors, like catering workers, in exchange for not furloughing workers through Sept. 30. It also would provide $25 billion in loans to passenger carriers, and $4 billion to cargo airlines, financing that would require them to refrain from stock buybacks and dividend payments.
"This isn't just for you to lounge in the ocean and get a suntan," he said. "It's incumbent upon all of us to respect taxpayers' money."The plunge in air travel demand because of coronavirus, and harsh quarantine measures aimed to stop its spread, has put the jobs of the 750,000 people airlines employ on the line.
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