WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) — President Donald Trump may take government motion to keep away from huge layoffs at U.S. airways, whereas the coronavirus pandemic weighs on air journey and talks on a brand new COVID-19 stimulus invoice stay stalled in Congress, White Home Chief of Workers Mark Meadows mentioned on Wednesday.
“We’re different government actions,” Meadows mentioned in a web-based interview with Politico. “If Congress isn’t going to work, this president goes to get to work and remedy some issues. So hopefully, we will help out the airways and maintain a few of these workers from being furloughed.” Airline shares had been decrease in early buying and selling. His remarks got here a day after American Airways mentioned its workforce will shrink by 40,000, together with 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October with out an extension of presidency support. Meadows mentioned he has spoken to American Airways, in addition to United Airways, which has warned that 36,000 jobs are on the road, and to Delta Air Traces, which introduced furloughs of almost 2,000 pilots on Monday.
“So we have raised this challenge. It could take a CARES bundle, I consider, to do it,” Meadows mentioned, referring to a $three trillion coronavirus reduction bundle that Congress handed earlier this 12 months. Talks between Meadows, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Home of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic chief Chuck Schumer resulted in early August, with high Democrats and the administration far aside on new laws. Meadows advised Politico that he’s not optimistic that negotiations will restart quickly. (Reporting by David Morgan Enhancing by Chizu Nomiyama and Alistair Bell)
