Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today Judge Lane made his decision to place AA’s restructuring Final Last Best Offer as our Current Bargaining agreement. Since November 2011, we have all been living and working under some very stressful conditions. Today will be the Date of Signing. Any raises will be effective as of September 12, 2012.…
Category: Bankruptcy
Court Update Sept 12, 2012
On September 12, 2012, the Bankruptcy Court approved the motion of American Airlines to authorize American to enter into the new collective bargaining agreements with the Mechanic & Related and Stores employee groups and the related Settlement Letter and Letters of Memorandum. In addition, the Bankruptcy Court approved American’s motion to authorize it to enter…
American Airlines M&E Restructuring Plans – September 7, 2012
HERE is a summary of American Airlines M&E Restructuring Plan. This comes from the TWU AA/AE Bankruptcy Information website..
Running totals on “Early Out” participants as of September 7, 2012 (System Wide)
I will send the total early out numbers periodically – below is the total numbers for M&R and Stores as of this morning Friday September 7, 2012. Total: 633 Early Out – Protected: 594 Early Out – Not Protected: 39 Title I: 463 Early Out – Protected: 439 Early Out – Not Protected: 24 Title…
Texas Members and the Early Out Program
Below are the two most frequently asked questions that we sent to the Texas Workforce Commission along with their answers: 1. If one of our members takes the early out package, would they still be eligible for unemployment if they would have been laid off anyway? If the location is closing and all workers would…
Early Out Workshops
Attn: Local 514 members Thursday, September 13 …….. 7:45 AM 11:45 AM Tuesday, September 18 ………. 3:45 PM Location…………………………… TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street * Conducted by Mark Loeber of the Advancement Group. TWU of America, Local 514 Mike McDonald Vice President Early Out Workshops Bulletin in PDF
FYI – Yesterday’s APA Bankruptcy Court Decision
Following up on yesterday’s bankruptcy court decision on the APA’s contract being abrogated in the Dallas Morning News blog and the Article referencing that the Creditors Committee statement that “American Airlines must have a pilots deal before leaving bankruptcy” (also below). First, the comment about needing an agreement with the pilots to exit bankruptcy was…
Pre-Funded Retiree Medical Contributions – Letter from Don Videtich, 9-4-2012 to Local Presidents
Unfortunately we have had an issue with misinformation being disseminated to the membership and I have been receiving calls. The newly ratified TWU/AA agreements, approval of which is scheduled for hearing before the Bankruptcy Court next week, provides that TWU Members who are participants in the prefunding program will receive their own contributions plus investment…
AMR Bankruptcy Update September 4, 2012
APA The court granted the debtors’ renewed section 1113 motion against APA.
Unemployment Benefits and the Early Out / Stand in Stead packages.
In the Employee Information Package General Information for TWU Employees Accepting an Early Out Incentive Package located on JetNet, it states in part: “As a condition of accepting the Early Out Incentive Package and being approved, with respect to any claim for state benefits including unemployment compensation.” Question: Does this mean that if an employee accepts the…