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April 21, 2020

Airline Industry Receives $3 Billion in Gov't Funds as Flight Attendants Denounce Working Conditions
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The Treasury Department announced Monday it is providing nearly $3
billion in payroll support for airlines. The L.A. Times reported at
least 15 airline workers died from the coronavirus over a nine-day
period earlier this month, but the true number is likely much higher,
and there is no central tracking mechanism for COVID fatalities. Airline
workers were previously barred from wearing face masks as the outbreak
spread in earlier weeks, and some say they were kept in the dark about
colleagues who contracted the virus.


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