Since November 2011, we have been forced to respond to AMR’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is obviously not the first time that an airline used bankruptcy to abrogate labor agreements. Managements at United, America West, US Airways, Northwest Airlines, Continental, Frontier, and Delta have all taken labor unions to federal…
Day: February 22, 2013
President Little Speaks Out on IBT Raid
Dear Brothers and Sisters: I recently sent you an update on the TWU’s efforts to mitigate the impact of bankruptcy on our membership. We continue to work through every means possible to improve wages, benefits scope and opportunities for our members. In the past week alone we were able to gain an additional quarter of…