Day: April 5, 2012

What Happens to My Employer’s Union Contract?

An employer’s bankruptcy filing does not immediately affect the status of its collective bargaining agreement with the Union.  All of the contract’s provisions continue to govern the debtor’s post-filing obligations to Union employees, including the applicable grievance procedures. Under section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, the bankruptcy court may authorize an employer to reject—and thus…

AMR Bankruptcy Update for April 4, 2012

The TWU Negotiating Committees reconvened this Monday and continued meeting with American Eagle company negotiators. Starting last week, TWU negotiators requested numerous documents from the company. The TWU negotiators received some of those important documents this week and are in the process of analyzing them. The Negotiating Committees have asked many questions of the company…