Two of the largest airlines in the United States announced yesterday evening, Wednesday, that they will start laying off tens of thousands of their employees today, Thursday, due to the failure of the US Congress to reach an agreement regarding the provision of New aid to the sector that has been severely affected by the repercussions of the new Coronavirus (Covid 19).
American Airlines said Thursday that it will launch the difficult process of putting 19,000 of its employees in technical unemployment.
and it was only hours before United Airlines followed suit, saying it would start laying off its 13,432 employees.
However, the two companies left the door open to the possibility of reversing this decision, by saying that they would cancel the layoffs if the Democrats and Republicans in Congress reached an agreement in the coming days to submit Aid to the sector.
and like all other large companies in the American aviation sector, American and United pledged in the spring not to lay off any employee until September 30, in exchange for financial benefits of up to Totaling $ 25 billion.
However, this subsidy expires on Wednesday night (at the time).
And although negotiations between Democrats and Republicans in Congress regarding a new plan to support the economy were resumed on Wednesday, they have not yet produced an agreement.
