Retirees before 11/01/2012 Monthly Retiree Contributions EE Contribution Under Age 65 HMO – Triple S PPO (Puerto Rico Only) Employee Only Employee Plus 1 Employee Plus 2 100.53 191.00 261.18 Under Age 65 Retiree Value Plan RPO Employee Only Employee Plus 1 Employee Plus 2 155.00 310.00 465.00 Under Age 65 Retiree Standard Plan…
TWU FILES INTERNATIONAL GRIEVANCE AGAINST AMERICAN AIRLINES OVER CONTRACT VIOLATIONS RE. PREFUNDING MATCH General Release for All American Airlines Active and Retired Employees: Yesterday, the TWU filed an International Grievance under the American Airlines System Board in response to the New American Airlines’ violation of its collective bargaining agreements with all seven TWU-represented contract groups.…
Reply from Paul D. Jones Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines To David Virella , TWU-ATD AA System Coordinator This will respond to your letter dated June 24, 2014, to Steve Johnson and me regarding the employer-matching portion of the prefunding contributions that were made to the TWU VEBA. The employee-paid portion of the VEBA contributions were returned to active employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements the TWU reached with American Airlines in September 2012, and, by the terms of those agreements, the employer prefunding contribution is to be distributed to active employees only “upon successful resolution of the…
We have given the Summary to our attorneys and are awaiting their interpretation. Please see the attached ruling by Judge Lane denying the company’s motion for summary judgment on their right to terminate the retiree medical plan. 2014 4 18 AMR Summary Judgment Decision in PDF
SOURCE: Dallas Morning News U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane told American Airlines attorneys Tuesday that he expects to rule soon on whether the airline can modify retiree health and life insurance benefits. Retirees, who face losing American’s help on paying insurance premiums, have been waiting for the judge to rule since Lane held a…
IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING THE 1114 AND RETIREES November 5, 2013 On October 21, 2013, the United States Bankruptcy Court overseeing American Airlines chapter 11 bankruptcy case entered an order confirming American Airlines chapter 11 plan. There has been some confusion about what the confirmation order means for American’s 40,000 plus retirees and their benefits. The…
With respect to the question below, I just want to make sure everyone is clear that if a TWU represented employees enrolls in retiree medical prior to 11/1/2012, they will be in the prefunding retiree medical plan, which means they will not automatically get the employee contributions or the company match, since that will be subject to…
As you may recall, AMR filed a complaint asking the Bankruptcy Court to declare that none of AMR’s current retirees (both union and non-union) have a vested right to retiree medical benefits. Under ERISA, the health and welfare benefits the debtors provide to current retirees are welfare benefits and that these welfare benefits only vest…
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…
Places like Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, are passing laws that are prohibiting public workers from having unions. Maybe some of our reactions would be, “that’s to bad for them.” If we think the elected officials are going to stop at public employees, we would stand as being wrong. The war prisoners in Europe during WWII could tell…