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Category: Bankruptcy
AMR – Pleading Update 01/23/2012 – Bankruptcy
Limited Objection to Notice of Presentment and Establishment Procedures for the Protection of Confidential Information Provided by the Debtors to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors The debtors seek the authority to condition disclosure of AerCap Confidential Information to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors upon entry of a confidentiality agreement which is acceptable to…
Letter from Garry Drummond, 1-20-2012 – RE: TWU Retirees
RE: TWU Retirees Various outside groups have publicly voiced an interest in setting up committees to represent all retirees from American Airlines. To clear up any confusion these statements might cause our members, I would like to remind you of discussions held regarding our TWU retirees at the December 8, 2011 meeting. Our advisor, Sharon…
Letter from the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association
Greetings to all our brothers and sisters at American Airlines, The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) recognises the unfortunate circumstances you find yourselves in with your company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is absolutely gut wrenching when the workers of a company go to extraordinary lengths to keep their company alive whilst the…
Transport Workers Union Retains Gordian Group
Washington — The Transport Workers Union (TWU) announced today that the union has retained Gordian Group, LLC to provide investment-banking services during the bankruptcy reorganization proceedings at AMR Corporation, parent company of American Eagle and American Airlines. “We’ve said from day one that we’re going to fight like hell for our members,” said TWU International…
AMR – Pleading Update 1/16/2012 – Bankruptcy
Motion Further Extending Time to File Statements and Schedules The Debtors filed a motion requesting that the Court further extend the deadline to file their (i) schedules of assets and liabilities, (ii) schedules of executory contracts and unexpired leases, and (iii) statements of financial affairs by an additional thirty (30) days – through February 27,…
AMR – Pleading Update 1/13/2012 – Bankruptcy
Rule 2004 Motion of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) filed a motion for an order under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 directing AMR Corporation and its affiliates (“AMR”) to produce documents and authorizing the issuance of subpoenas for testimony relating to four single-employer defined-benefit plans (the “Pension Plans”) maintained by AMR…
TWU-514 Weekly Digest – For the days of Jan 8, 2012 – Jan 14, 2012
Transport Workers Union of America Air Transport Division Local 514 Court Orders, Motions, Decisions National Mediation Board Meeting Notifications USA Today – 01-09-2012 Board Member Harry Hoglander and Director of Mediation Services Larry Gibbons will hold a status conference. AMR – Pleading Update 1/11/2012 TWU – ATD – 01-11-2012 Application to Retain Perella Weinberg…
AA Pension & Retiree Medical Benefit Seminar-Presentation
Please see the linked AA Pension & Retiree Medical Benefit Seminar Presentation -PDF This is not endorsed by the PBGC, but it was vetted through their legal department with the intent that it helps both them and the AA-TWU employees. Employees can always go to the pbgc website to drill down deeper into the issues.
Federal National Mediation Board Asserts that the Agency is Still a Key Part of the Labor Negotiation Process at American and American Eagle Despite AMR’s Bankruptcy Filing
DALLAS – Representatives of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and executives from AMR subsidiary American Eagle were notified Wednesday evening that the National Mediation Board (NMB) remains committed to helping unions at American Airlines and American Eagle reach labor agreements with parent company AMR – despite the company’s November bankruptcy filing. TWU represents ground workers,…