WARN Follow Up Letter

Sisters and Brothers This year has been an emotional roller coaster and stressful year for all of us. We have experienced periods of high stress coupled with periods of good news. Contentious contract talks, ratified contract, COVID 19, CARES Act passes, pandemic re-surges and now the WARN notices. We know that stress is cumulative and…

Association Letter – WARN Letter

To: TWU/IAM Membership From: TWU/IAM EAP Staff Date: 7-16-2020 Re: WARN Letter This is an informational note to address the fact that American Airlines has issued WARN letters to members of the Association. Let’s start by talking about what a WARN letter is. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) offers: “protection to…

American Airlines Retirement Health Reimbursement Account

TWU-IAM Association Frequently Asked Questions What is a retiree health reimbursement account (RHRA)? A RHRA is a notional account eligible TWU-IAM team members and spouses can use for health care expenses and premiums in retirement. These funds can be used for medical, dental, vision, prescription and post-tax health care premiums. How much will go into…

American Airlines to Offer Revised Leaves of Absence and Voluntary Early Outs

American Airlines will announce today that they are offering ‘enhanced’ Leaves of Absence and Early Outs to Association members. Association leadership discussed these revised offers and made several suggestions that would make them more attractive to our members. Most of the suggestions were not taken. We advise all of our membership to consider these offers…