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Update of FAA Reauthorization Passage
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 06 Feb, 2012 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 great…Read More…
Wrong for American – Wrong for America
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 06 Feb, 2012 by James C. Little Last week, AMR executives revealed their proposal for bankruptcy reorganization. They decided to hit their employees at American Airlines and American Eagle with a hammer, slashing 13,000 jobs and dumping pension plans on the PBGC. They’re aiming for a 20 percent reduction in labor costs. From everything…Read More…
Update on FAA Reauthorization: HR 658
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 05 Feb, 2012 As you’re well aware, the FAA Reauthorization has rapidly been moving toward passage over the past two weeks. Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted, passing 248 to 169 accepting the conference report. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Monday on whether to accept the report. This is the last step…Read More…
President Little Writes Congress Regarding FAA Reauthorization
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Feb, 2012 TWU International President James C. Little wrote Senators and Representatives last night telling them TWU has long maintained that labor provisions do not belong in the FAA Reauthorization Bill, be it the yes/no ballot or any other changes to the Railway Labor Act. Unfortunately, our friends in Congress did not get…Read More…
AMR Bankruptcy Update – American Eagle
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Feb, 2012 On Wednesday Feb. 1, AMR announced their restructuring plan, a plan that deals a heavy blow to nearly 9,000 TWU members working at American Airlines. As for American Eagle’s restructuring, the company was short on specifics saying, “due to fleet uncertainty we have not finalized our plan as of now.” The…Read More…
TWU Members to Picket “Job Cremator” Mitt Romney in Florida
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 23 Jan, 2012 Members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), whose jobs are facing elimination by Bain & Company, will picket outside campaign offices of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the days leading up to the Florida primary election on Jan. 31, union officials said today. “Mitt Romney is a job cremator, not…Read More…
Labor Union to Suggest Alternatives to AMR Cost Cuts
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 14 Feb, 2012 (Reuters) – The union representing seven categories of ground workers at bankrupt American Airlines will offer alternatives to some of the job cuts and concessions the company says it needs to survive, the head of the Transport Workers Union said on Tuesday. TWU has asked American’s parent company AMR Corp for…Read More…
I Support American Jobs: DFW Protest
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Feb, 2012 </div></p> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>On Valentine’s Day, almost 400 mostly union employees gathered outside DFW International Airport’s Terminal D in a show of support for all AMR employees. They came to protest the devastating effects of the AMR bankruptcy.<br /><br />The Association of Professional…Read More…
Bankruptcy Update
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 02 Mar, 2012 All title groups continued with the bankruptcy negotiations throughout this week. The goal is clear…mitigate the company’s TWU “ask” of over $390 million, including about 9,000 layoffs. Your Negotiating Team leaders analyze the documents, data and business plans. The various experts retained by TWU, assist them as we bargain at a…Read More…
American Air Pension Battle May Spread
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 01 Mar, 2012 American Airlines wants to terminate the pensions of 130,000 workers as part of its bankruptcy proceeding. The move would be good for the company’s balance sheet, but would it be good for America? American’s pension termination would be the largest in U.S. history. The airline wants to end the plans and…Read More…