Day: December 4, 2011

Bankruptcy Q&A: Pension Information

The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. (PBGC) website is the best source for answers on retirement. You may want to look at that sites Q and A section. As of right now American has made no changes to the retirement plan in the TWU/AA agreement. It is expected that while in bankruptcy they will seek relief from the…

Bankruptcy Q&A: System Protection

“Whats happen to system protection and the ability to “bump” in the the event of a layoff. In other words if they “throw out the contract” are all our protections gone? And just what can the company change to the contract, ie: seniority protections, grievance rights, etc. Thanks“ Getting accurate answers to some of the questions being posed is…