TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A website aimed at drawing attention to thousands of Tulsa-based American Airlines workers whose jobs and pensions could be in jeopardy as the struggling air carrier continues through bankruptcy was launched Monday by the local Transport Workers Union.
Visitors to the site, www.isupportamericanjobs.com, are asked to sign an online petition to send a message to community leaders and company officials that workers must be treated fairly during the bankruptcy process. By Monday afternoon, nearly 2,000 people had signed the pledge, which states that “we are the 99 percent who go to work every day, pay our bills and pay our taxes.”
The union represents nearly 6,000 airline workers in Tulsa.
“It is critical that we fight to keep this work local instead of being reduced and shipped overseas,” said TWU Local 514 maintenance chairman John Hewitt at a news conference announcing the website. “We must fight to keep each and every one of these jobs in Tulsa.
“There is a lot of uncertainty for workers and their families. We’re making a public appeal and a call to action to protect American jobs,” he said.
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