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Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

AMR Bankruptcy Update for March 22, 2012

American Airlines The TWU Negotiating Committees continued meeting internally and with AA over the last two days. Although progress was made on some articles, there are many discrepancies between the company’s numbers and ours. TWUs financial analyst, Tom Roth, met with the Fleet Service and Maintenance and Related committee’s to review their numbers and counter…

AMR – Court Update 3/21/2012

On March 16, 2012, by an agreement between the Allied Pilots Association (the “Pilots”) and the Debtors authorized the Official Committee (the “Committee”) of Unsecured Creditors to intervene in the adversary proceeding commenced by the APA on February 28, 2012. The Pilots seek a determination that section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code did not apply…

American Eagle Update, 3-21-12

American Eagle officers presented the company’s overview of the carrier’s status to all three labor groups this morning at Flagship University. The labor groups represent a majority of American Eagles employees. The TWU, AFA and ALPA accompanied by their attorneys and economic advisors gathered in the Flagship Auditorium to hear the company’s business reorganization plan…

The 99% Must Succeed

Brothers and Sisters,Last week I attended the annual AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Florida.  This meeting brought together union leaders from across the country and served as a catalyst to address many of the challenges we face as workers in the middle class today. Most importantly, it created the opportunity to  adopt numerous policy statements…

Letter from Sam Cirri, March 20, 2012

Your negotiating committee has been working on your behalf to make the company and the legal system understand the value you bring to this company. In doing so, we have enlisted many experts, i.e. Bankruptcy and Labor Attorneys, economists, Health Insurance specialists, etc. As you know, the Local 514 membership has a large stake in the outcome…