United Airlines Retirees Shorted On Pensions Due To Agency Errors: Watch Dog

WASHINGTON — A watchdog report says the agency that insures pensions for millions of U.S. workers made serious errors in valuing pension plans for United Airlines employees and as a result some retirees may have received less than they were due. The report issued Wednesday by an assistant inspector general of the Pension Benefit Guaranty…

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Do you have a question that has not been answered on the website?

In case you do, we have provided your questions to the international. Those that we can answer locally have been. Please take some time and read through the http://aa.twu.org site, the PCGB site and if you still have questions, submit them HERE. We understand your need for answers, we feel the same as you. ,…

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How The Bankruptcy Date Rule Can Affect Your Benefits

There are many ways the bankruptcy date rule can affect your benefits. As an example, assume an employee of Company X has 20 years of service as of July 1, 2009, when Company X files for bankruptcy. July 1, 2009, is the bankruptcy filing date. Let’s also say the plan ends July 1, 2011, at…

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Court Update 12/1/11 – AA Bankruptcy

The Debtors scheduled a hearing on December 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM on the following motions: Interim Order (I) Authorizing Motion of Debtors for Entry of Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a) and 546(c) Establishing and Implementing Exclusive and Global Procedures for Treatment of Reclamation Claims Interim Motion of Debtors for Entry of Order…

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Letter from Sam Cirri, President TWU local 514, 12-1-2011

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Tuesday we learned that AMR filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Now everyone has a thousand questions, and understandably so. To help get answers to your questions we have modified our website, www.twu514.org, to allow you to submit your questions directly to our International Legal Staff. We are now going down a…

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American bankruptcy could affect Okla. Workers, Bloomberg Buisnessweek, 11-29-11

By TIM TALLEY OKLAHOMA CITY The salaries and benefits of workers at the American Airlines maintenance facility in Tulsa could be at risk now that the airline’s parent company is seeking bankruptcy protection, officials of the workers’ union said Tuesday. Rick Mullings, international organizer for the Transport Workers Union of America Local 514, said he…

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