TWU Members to Picket “Job Cremator” Mitt Romney in Florida Members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), whose jobs are facing elimination by Bain & Company, will picket outside campaign offices of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the days leading up to the Florida primary election on Jan. 31, union officials said today. “Mitt…
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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…
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,…
AMR – Pleading Update 1/11/2012 – Bankruptcy
Withdrawal of Limited Objection of HSH Nordbank to Section 1110 Election HSH Nordbank, AG (“HSH Nordbank”), individually and as agent for itself and other lenders, withdrew its limited objection to election pursuant to section 1100(a) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to certain aircraft because it received the proper cure amounts as set forth in the…
AMR – Pleading Update 1/11/2012 – Bankruptcy
Withdrawal of Limited Objection of U.S. Bank Trust National Association to Section 1110 Election U.S. Bank Trust National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as trustee, recently withdrew its limited objection to the Debtors’ election pursuant to section 1100(a) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to American Airlines 2009-1A EETC Aircraft Equipment because U.S. Bank received the scheduled…