Airline Workers Struggle With Pay Cuts
By Adam Geller, AP Business Writer
Airline Workers Struggling to Deal With Cuts to Pay and Benefits, Lack of Job Security
DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) -- The phone line in Dave Meyers' third-floor walkup has been turned off to save cash, and the brown velour sofas, bought second-hand, are bare in a few spots. Still, the modest apartment is about what you'd expect for a single guy who spends most of what he earns. The problem for Meyers -- a United Airlines rampworker whose pay has been cut twice in the past two years -- is that he consistently spends more. Child support is nearly $700 a month. Of the remaining $1,600, rent claims another $700, and is unpaid although it's the 11th of the month.
Workers Struggle
By Adam Geller, AP Business Writer
Airline Workers Struggling to Deal With Cuts to Pay and Benefits, Lack of Job Security
DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) -- The phone line in Dave Meyers' third-floor walkup has been turned off to save cash, and the brown velour sofas, bought second-hand, are bare in a few spots. Still, the modest apartment is about what you'd expect for a single guy who spends most of what he earns. The problem for Meyers -- a United Airlines rampworker whose pay has been cut twice in the past two years -- is that he consistently spends more. Child support is nearly $700 a month. Of the remaining $1,600, rent claims another $700, and is unpaid although it's the 11th of the month.
Workers Struggle