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Old Oct 6, 2020, 9:23 am
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Southwest Asks Employees to Accept Pay Cuts

Google it if you don't have a subscription; it's all over the wires this morning.


The Wall Street Journal
October 5th, 2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwe...hs-11601940411

Southwest Asks Employees to Accept Pay Cuts to Avoid Furloughs

Airline says it can avoid job cuts through next year with union deals

Southwest Airlines is asking the company’s labor unions to accept pay cuts for the first time to prevent furloughs and layoffs through the end of next year.

Airlines have started taking more drastic action, as hopes of receiving more federal aid to cover worker salaries for another six months have grown dimmer, with Congress still at an impasse over additional pandemic relief. Southwest Chief Executive Gary Kelly, who had been receiving reduced pay since March, said Monday he will forgo his salary altogether through the end of next year....
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