american airlines lays off 13000 employees

[acorn54]

just another sign that things are going to hell in a hand basket, and they were probably good paying middle class jobs

[bigmack]

Hell in a hand basket, courtesy labor unions. :ThmbUp:

If American and its three unions can't agree on labor cuts, the company could ask a bankruptcy judge in New York to impose changes on workers. But federal law requires the company to make a good-faith effort to negotiate agreements with labor first.

Employees have braced for bad news for weeks. Horton said in December that the company would emerge from bankruptcy with fewer workers.
"I expect dismay and outrage from our membership as details of the proposal are made public," said Laura Glading, president of the flight attendants' union.
More details about job cuts and the fate of AMR's pension plans are expected to be released later Wednesday, when company officials are scheduled to meet separately with the Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/story/2012-02-01/American-Airlines-could-shed-14000-jobs-to-cut-costs/52919628/1