Unions and United Airlines Come Together to Fly More than 300 First Responders and Skilled Volunteers to Puerto Rico
35,000 pounds of relief supplies also delivered on flight; evacuees to fill seats on return flight to Newark, New Jersey Today, the AFL-CIO, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and United Airlines teamed up to fly more than 300 first responders and skilled volunteers—including nurses, doctors, electricians, engineers, carpenters and truck drivers—to Puerto Rico to help with relief and rebuilding efforts. [caption id="attachment_6510" align="alignright"...