AMR SAYS NO TO EARLY OUT AS DESIGNED
Late Friday AA presented its rationale for rejecting TWU’s proposal for an early out proposal. The Company asserts that the program as designed is too costly. However, AA indicated that it would still review such concepts during the entire 1113 process.
An early out program is essential for this reorganization and as such your TWU bargaining team will be pushing the matter throughout the negotiations. We consider such a mechanism to be very important in these difficult negotiations.
The parties continued their dialogue today in Dallas. All of the bargaining teams were working on the negotiations at Flagship University where we expect talks to proceed throughout this week.
The membership will be engaged in informational picketing and public activism this Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Please look out for details and get involved.