Bankruptcy News Archive: 2005
Last Updated: January 06, 2006
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
December 2005
- United Airlines Plan Ok'd By Its Creditors
Bloomberg News (Dec 31) - Strikers Facing a Rough Landing
Chicago Tribune (Dec 27) - UAL Posts Operating Profit Despite Higher Costs
Associated Press (Dec 21) - Judge Extends Exclusivity For UAL Reorganization
Reuters (Dec 16) - United's Top Execs Stand to Gain a Lot
USA Today (Dec 14)
November 2005
- Companies Seek Savvy Way to Trim Pensions
National Law Journal (Nov 16) - How to Make Employees Take Their 401(k) Medicine
New York Times (Nov 13)
- United Posts Hiring Sign for More Flight Attendants
Chicago Tribune (Nov 11) - United Airlines Plans to Hire 2,000 Flight Attendants
New York Times (Nov 11)
October 2005
- The Broken Promise
Time (Oct 23) - The Pension Pincher
Time (Oct 17) - Pension Agency to Fight UAL's Reorganization Plan
Crain's Chicago Business (Oct 14)
September 2005
- NWA Turns Up The Heat
Pioneer Press (Oct 6) - Northwest Workers May Face Nov. Pay Cut
Associated Press (Sept 29) - FAA Approval Seen Friday For O'Hare Expansion Plan
Chicago Tribune (Sept 29) - 'Stealth' Pensions Hide Huge CEO Payouts
MSN (Sept 28) - City Claims Overstated on O'Hare Expansion
Chicago Tribune (Sept 25) - UAL Bankruptcy Breakdown
Forbes (Sept 7) - Regulators Probe Allegations Of Lax Northwest Maintenance
Wall Street Journal (Sept 6) - Boeing Strike May Emerge As Test of Labor's Mettle
Wall Street Journal (Sept 6) - Pension Skies Get Unfriendly
The Arizona Republic (Sept 5) - Boss to Workers: A Dollar for You, and $431 for Me
New York Times (Sept 4)
August 2005
- Looking for Friendly Skies? Stay on the Ground
New York Times (Aug 23) - Flight Attendant Feels Sting From United Fallout
Birmingham Post-Herald (Aug 18) - Secret Plot To Sack BA Caterers
Daily Mirror (Aug 15) - Heathrow Labor Spat Puts Airline Strike Threat In Focus
CBS Marketwatch (Aug 13) - All British Airways Staff To Return To Work
CNN (Aug 12) - British Airways Cancels All Heathrow Flights
CNN (Aug 11) - Three Republican Governors Hit Unions
Wall Street Journal (Aug 11) - Airlines Bankruptcy Code Revisions Could Spur Filings
Dow Jones (Aug 11) - Airlines Fight Pollution Fee In EU Plan
Wall Street Journal (Aug 11) - United's "Plan" Needs Translation
Denver Post (Aug 5) - United Plan To Provide Survival Clues
Reuters (Aug 1)
July 2005
- Flight Attendants Fly the Chaotic Skies
NBC News (Jul 28) VIDEO - United Flight Attendants Blamed For 'CHAOS' At O'Hare
NBC News (Jul 28) - United Flight Attendants Prepare 'Chaos' Strike
ABC News (Jul 28) VIDEO - United Flight Attendants Picket At DIA
DenverChannel.com (Jul 28) - On the CHAOS Picket Line in Chicago O'Hare with CWA's Larry Cohen
Workers Independent News (Jul 28) AUDIO REPORT - United's Flight Attendants Plan Random Work Stoppages
ABC News (Jul 28) - United Flight Attendants Prepare 'CHAOS' Strike
KOMO 4 News & ABC News (Jul 28) - United Flight Attendants Threaten 'CHAOS'
Business Journal of Phoenix (Jul 28) - United Flight Attendants Could Strike
ABC12 News (Jul 28) - United Staff In Airport Protest On Pension Cut
The Standard (Jul 28) - Flight Attendants At United Airlines Stage Protest, Threaten Strike
Agence France Presse (Jul 28) - Workers' Pensions In Crisis As Senate Set To Break
AFA Press Release (Jul 28) - United Airlines Flight Attendants in Hong Kong Threaten to Go on Strike
Associated Press (Jul 28) - United Flight Attendants To Picket 20 Airports
Dow Jones (Jul 28) - Our Pension Fight
AFA document explaining the background behind our fight to save our pensions. (Jul 19) - Stocks Rebound, But Pensions Haven't
USA Today (Jul 17) - United's Secret Deal On Planes Under Fire
Chicago Tribune (Jul 14) - Aim Is Leverage, Not to Close United
Denver Post (Jul 10) - 600 Flight Attendants Recalled By United
Chicago Tribune (Jul 9) - Wait a Minute: That's My Pension
The AFL-CIO, and its 13 million members, last week threw its support behind legislation for a six-month moratorium on pension plan terminations by the PBGC. An alert was sent to AFL-CIO members through the Working Families E-Activist Network to add their voices to the demand that Congress take action to save retirement security through HR 2327. (Jul 5) - Strike By UAL's Attendants Could Strand Fliers
Chicagobusines.com (Jul 1) - United's Flight Attendants Threaten Strike
Washington Post (Jul 1) - United's Flight Attendants Threaten CHAOS™
Chicago Sun-Times (Jul 1)
June 2005
- Pension Termination Triggers Flight Attendant's Right to CHAOS™ Strikes at United Airlines
MEC Officer Letter (Jun 30) - Flight Attendants At United Threaten Friday Strike
Chicago Tribune (Jun 30) - Strike Threat Looms With Pension Takeover
Denver Post (Jun 30) - Lawmakers Oppose Deal To Let United Airlines Hand Off Pension Responsibility To PBCG
Associated Press (Jun 25) - 100 Grand History
Kentucky.com (Jun 23) - Rep. Salazar Cites Anger Of United Retiree
Rocky Mountain News (Jun 23) - Bush Pension Plan An All-Round Loser
Sydney Morning Herald (Jun 23) - Immediate Action Required TODAY to Save Pensions
AFA Information (Jun 23) - Flight Attendants Fight UAL CEO Tilton's Deal
AFA Press Release (Jun 23)
- United Workers, Retirees Afraid About Pensions' Future
Chicago Tribune (Jun 22) - HR Managers on HR.BLR.com Say to United Airlines Chief: Lead by Example
Business Wire (Jun 21) - Taxiway A Kink In Expansion
Chicago Tribune (Jun 20) - Human Toll of a Pension Default
Washington Post (Jun 13) - Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on United Airlines Pension Default
AFA Testimony before Congress (Jun 7) - Pension Loopholes Helped United Hide Troubles
New York Times (Jun 7)
May 2005
- IAM Reaches Deal in Principle
MEC President Letter (May 31) - United Mechanics Union Ratifies Contract
Associated Press (May 31) - Airlines Bash O'Hare Plan
Crain's Chicago Business (May 28) - At first, they were 'sky girls'
Chicago Sun Times (May 22) - IAM Ruling Not Being Issued Until May 31
Associated Press (May 20) - Flight Attendants Fight Pension Loss
Chicago Tribune (May 19) - Flight Attendants to appeal pension bailout at United
USA Today (May 18) - AFA Members, Go to Washington
Legislative Action Alert (May 14) - Urgent Legislative Action for Pension Termination Moratorium
MEC President Letter (May 13) - Court Results and CHAOS™ Update
MEC President Letter (May 12) - Union Threatens Strike Over Deal To End United Airlines' Pension Plan
Yahoo News (May 11) - Management Must Be Replaced for Survival of United Airlines
MEC President Letter (May 10) - Angry United Workers Threaten Strikes As Early As Wednesday
CBS (May 10) - Judge Gives Termination Of United's Pension Plans
Associated Press (May 10) - We Will Strike to Save our Airline
MEC President Letter (May 9) - Government, Business Bad At Keeping Promise
Chicago Sun-Times (May 9) - United Faces Hurdle Amid Strike Threats
Associated Press (May 6) - United Maps Novel Legal Strategy In Labor Fight
Chicago Tribune (May 6) - CHAOS™ Strikes: 12,000 Petitions Delivered to UAL BOD Member
AFA Press Release (May 5) - UAL Flight Attendants Step Up CHAOS™
Crain's Chicago Business (May 5) - UAL Pension Hearing Is Delayed
Wall Street Journal (May 3) - Supplemental Objection to Termination of Flight Attendant Defined Benefit Pension Plan
(May 2, 2005) 1 MB - 118 pages - Flight Attendants Demand Reversal by Pension 'Protection' Board
AFA Press Release (May 2) - United Air Attendants Appeal to Congress on Pensions
Dow Jones Newswires (May 2) - Online Retirement Planning Consultancy Urges Taxpayers to Demand that United Airlines Fulfill its Pension Obligations
Retirement-4-U (May 2) - Pension Exit No Free Pass
Chicago Tribune (May 1)
April 2005
- Plan To Cut Pensions At United Yields Strike Threat
Chicago Tribune (Apr 30) - Flight Attendants Poised For CHAOS™ Strikes
AFA Press Release (Apr 29) - United Air Flight Attendants Renew Strike Threat
Reuters (Apr 29) - UAL Flight Attendants Threaten Action
Associated Press (Apr 29) - UAL Flight Attendants Threaten CHAOS™
Crain's Chicago Business (Apr 29) - Flight Attendants Concerned UAL BOD Complicit in Executive Corruption
AFA Press Release (Apr 28) - United Flight Attendants Ask For New Management
Dow Jones (Apr 28) - United Chief Says Ending Pensions Hardest Decision
Chicago Tribune (Apr 27) - Confidential CHAOS™ Volunteer Form
MEC President Letter (Apr 26) - United's Unions Vow To Fight Pension Cuts
Denver Post (Apr 26) - GM, Delta Lobby Against Bush's Proposal to Restructure Pensions
Bloomberg (Apr 25) - No Bonus for American Airlines Exec
CNN Money (Apr 23) - Federal Insurer to Take Over United Airlines Pension Plans
Los Angeles Times (Apr 23) - Court Hearing Results
MEC President Letter (Apr 22) - United Forces Deal With PBGC To Terminate Viable Pension Plan
AFA Press Release (Apr 22) - United Air in pension deal with U.S. agency
CBS MarketWatch (Apr 22) - United, Pension Agency Reach Settlement; Unions Outraged
Associated Press (Apr 22) - American chief took pay cut in '04
The Dallas Morning News (Apr 22) - UAL in Pact to Terminate Worker Pensions
Reuters (Apr 22) - Pivotal Hearing in UAL Bankruptcy
MEC President Letter (Apr 21) - UAL Machinists Call For Strike Vote
Crain's Chicago Business (Apr 20) - Review of Bankruptcy Court Motions
MEC President Letter (Apr 18) - Airline Workers Study Life with Less Security
Bloomberg (Apr 18) - Pension Hearing Delay Sought
Rocky Mountain News (Apr 16) - Opposition of Current Management's Exclusive Right to File a Plan of Reorganization
MEC President Letter (Apr 15) - United Execs 'Perpetrated Fraud,' Union Alleges in Court Filing
AFA Press Release (Apr 15) - AFA, UAL Lash Out Over Pay Levels
Pacific Business News (Apr 13) - UAL Workers Delay Retirement, Trim Expenses as Pension Ax Looms
Bloomberg Press (Apr 13) - Management Seeks Revenge
MEC President Letter (Apr 12) - Video: Value of Our Flight Attendant Pension Plan (Apr 11, 2005)
- United Says it Has to Scuttle Pensions
Chicago Tribune (Apr 11) - Flight Attendants Threaten To End Deal With United
Wall Street Journal (Apr 11) - UAL Asks For More Time To File Reorganization Plan
Reuters (Apr 9) - United Flight Attendants Threaten To Cancel Deal With Management
Associated Press (Apr 9) - United Flight Attendants: Company Numbers Don't Add Up
MEC President Letter (Apr 8) - Fighting to Save Our Pension Plan
MEC President Letter (Apr 5) - Pension Plan Overview / Affect of Pension Termination
AFA Document (Apr 5)
March 2005
- Airline Workers Face More Pain As Crisis Worsens
Reuters (Mar 31) - Unions Rail Against Flight-Attendant Fatigue
Washington Times (Mar 30) - Losing Altitude
Rocky Mountain News (Mar 26) - Return the Money Campaign
AFA Petition (Mar 24) - Limits Would End When Runway Opens
Chicago Tribune (Mar 23) - Cuts Softer On United Managers, Flight Attendants Say
Rocky Mountain News (Mar 19) - United Flight Attendants Demand CEO Return Bonus Pay
Dow Jones Newswires (Mar 18) - Letter to Glenn Tilton regarding Executive Compensation
MEC President Letter (Mar 17) - Return the $$$$$$$
AFA Announcement (Mar 17) - Executive Compensation Cup Runneth Over
Associated Press (Mar 16) - Airline Employees' Pensions Targeted for Federal Takeover
Washington Post (Mar 12) - U.S. Moves to Take Over a United Air Pension Plan
New York Times (Mar 12) - PBGC Begins Termination Process of UAL Ground Pension Plans
IAM Press Release (Mar 11) - Gov't Agency May Take Over United Pensions
Associated Press (Mar 11) - United, 2 Other Airlines Cut Fares
Chicago Tribune (Mar 8)
February 2005
- Debate Over Jet Noise, Emissions Heats Up
Chicago Daily Herald (Feb 23) - Anger, Ovations at O'Hare Forum
Chicago Tribune (Feb 23) - Attorney For Opponents Of O'Hare Calls City's Numbers "Fraud"
Associated Press (Feb 19) - Flight Attendants Fight for 'Pensions over Pavement' for O'Hare Expansion
MEC Press Release (Feb 18) - Letter to Mark Anderson, Vice President, UAL Gov Affairs
MEC President Letter (Feb 18) - Letter to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (Feb 18)
MEC President Letter (Feb 18) - Letter to Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, D.O.T.
MEC President Letter (Feb 18) - O'Hare Runway Foes Say FAA Sides With City
Chicago Sun-Times (Feb 16) - Pension Cuts Rekindle Conflict With Pilots
Rocky Mountain News (Feb 16) - United Receives Four Offers For Up To $2.5B In Financing
Associated Press (Feb 15) - Judge Imposes Pay Cut On United Airlines Mechanics
wsws.org (Feb 8) - Two Unions Give Back; Third Loses Ruling
Chicago Tribune (Feb 6) - Push Coming To Shove For Union
Rocky Mountain News (Feb 5) - United's Mechanics Have Little Leverage To Avoid Wage Cuts
Associated Press (Feb 3) - United Gains a Labor Reprieve
Chicago Tribune (Feb 1) - United Flight Attendants Ratify Contract
Forbes (Feb 1)
January 2005
- United Airlines Flight Attendants Barely Ratify Additional Contract Changes
(Jan 31) MEC Officer Letter - Vote Results (Jan 31)
- United Pilots Ratify New Contract
Reuters (Jan 31) - United Mechanics Reject Wage Cuts
Rocky Mountain News (Jan 29) - UAL Mechanics Reject Labor Deal
Reuters (Jan 28) - Cast Your Vote!
MEC Officer Letter (Jan 27) - United Awaits Key Labor Vote
Rocky Mountain News (Jan 27) - United Airlines Parent 4Q Loss Widens
Associated Press (Jan 27) - United Airlines' Headquarters Partially for Sale
Craine's Chicago Business (Jan 24) - United Airline Union Members Go Global With Fight To Save Pensions
IFPTE Press Release (Jan 21) - United, Pilots Union Reach Revised Agreement
Washington Post (Jan 19) - Vote Now Open (Jan 18)
- United Finds $100m For Bonuses
Crain's Chicago Business (Jan 16) - Tentative Agreement Subject to Membership Ratification (Jan 11)
- UAL Strikes Deals To Cut Labor Cost; Pilots Pact Falters
Wall St. Journal (Jan 10) - Flight Attendants, United Reach Deal
USA Today (Jan 10) - United, Flight Attendants Reach Deal
Denver Post (Jan 9) - United Airlines Flight Attendants Reach Agreement
MEC President Letter (Jan 8) - Bad News, Good News For United
San Francisco Chronicle (Jan 8) - Pension Agency Is About to Get a Rescue Plan
New York Times (Jan 7) - United Loses Court Ruling On Pilots' Deal, Averts Labour Trial
Associated Press (Jan 7) - Bankruptcy Court Ruling Sends United Back To Table
AFA Press Release (Jan 7) - Judge Rejects United's Deal With Pilots
CBS Marketwatch (Jan 7) - UAL Judge Takes Issue With Parts Of Pilot Deal
Dow Jones Newswires (Jan 7) - United, Pilots To Get Day In Court
Chicago Tribune (Jan 6) - Too Much Power
Bloomberg News (Jan 6) - A United Divided
Denver Post (Jan 6) - United Hits Crossroads in Restructuring
Associated Press (Jan 6) - Judge to Let U.S. Airways Void Contract
Reuters (Jan 6) - United Air Creditors Oppose Deal With Pilots
New York Times (Jan 5) - Creditors Take Aim At Pilots' Deal
Rocky Mountain News (Jan 4) -
EARLIER UPDATES from 2004 >>
