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Southwest won't reduce workforce as previously planned due to approval of stimulus bill, report says

Southwest Airlines won’t be cutting jobs and wages as it had previously announced, due to President Donald Trump signing the $900 billion stimulus bill on Sunday night, Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly told employees in an email, Bloomberg reported.

Kelly sent the email after Trump signed the bill, which gives $15 million to United States airlines for jobs and wages through March 31. The 50-year-old airline has never instituted involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history.

Earlier this month, the…

Source: The Business Journal

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