AMR Bankruptcy Update for February 8-10, 2012

This week the TWU Negotiating Team methodically scrutinized the company’s reorganization plan and spent much of each day analyzing company financial data and spread sheet comparisons. Individual work groups began drafting their questions for the company and presented some to them on Thursday afternoon. Others will follow into next week. The questions passed to AMR…

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AA Unions & Employees Gather at DFW for a Large Valentine’s Day Protest At the Heart of the Matter: AA’s Outrageous Terms released Feb. 1 by AMR

What: APFA, TWU and AA Employee Protest Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CST Place: DFW International Airport, Dallas-Ft. Worth TX Site: Terminal D, Upper Level Who: Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), Transport Workers Union (TWU), AA/AMR Employees, Other Labor Unions and Concerned Citizens Dallas-Ft. Worth – Employees of…

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AA Unions & Employees Gather at DFW for a Large Valentine’s Day Protest At the Heart of the Matter: AA’s Outrageous Terms released Feb. 1 by AMR

What: APFA, TWU and AA Employee Protest Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CST Place: DFW International Airport, Dallas-Ft. Worth TX Site: Terminal D, Upper Level Who: Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), Transport Workers Union (TWU), AA/AMR Employees, Other Labor Unions and Concerned Citizens Dallas-Ft. Worth – Employees of…

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AMR – Debtors’ Motion to Pay or Honor Obligations with Labor Arbitration Hearings

Yesterday the Debtors filed a Motion to Pay or Honor Certain Prepetition Obligations in Connection with Labor Arbitration Hearings (the “Motion”). The Debtors are required, under the Railway Labor Act and certain collective bargaining agreements (the “CBAs”), to establish and engage in a regulated procedure to settle labor grievances.  The Railway Labor Act requires the…

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ATD Today February 7, 2012

Update of FAA Reauthorization Passage Following three-and-a-half years without a full FAA reauthorization, which led to 23 stopgap extensions and one painful showdown of the FAA, the Senate approved the “FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act” 75-20. The bill was introduced at the beginning of the 112th Congress, and contains several issues of…

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