URPBPA LEGISLATIVE ALERT
The Most Important Letters Yet!
Write Immediately! Please Circulate This
Letter!
November 17, 2005
All of our
ground work is coming to a head with a Senate vote coming before the
Thanksgiving recess. None of the
proposed legislation to date (including S 1783) has included ANY
provisions that will help the employees or retirees of United Airlines.
Senator Bill Frist, the Senate Majority
leader, has indicated that there will be a vote on Pension Reform Legislation
before the Thanksgiving break. We MUST attempt to influence this
legislation to include United Airlines.
Some of the people that have been working
very hard for you have indicated that they have been contacted by Senate
offices that there is a distinct possibility that the proposed legislation in
front of the Senate will be amended to INCLUDE UNITED AIRLINES and THEY
HAVE ASKED FOR OUR HELP. This will come in the form of an amendment
of this bill from the floor of the Senate.
We are being asked for EACH OF US to write your two Senators, the Senate Leadership, and at least ALL
the Republican Senate members. It would be beneficial if we wrote ALL the
members of the Senate. Please do so in that order.
We have no specific bill to support, no
current bill has provisions to save the pensions at United Airlines; therefore,
we must ASK for legislation to INCLUDE UNITED AIRLINES.
Our PRIMARY message is:
·
FIND A MEANS TO SAVE THE PENSIONS AT
UNITED AIRLINES
·
CONGRESS MUST TAKE ACTION, WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE TO DATE WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM
You may wish to also include:
·
IT IS WRONG FOR CORPORATIONS TO DUMP THEIR
PENSIONS ON THE PBGC AND THE TAXPAYER
·
PENSION TERMINATIONS SHOULD BE IN CHAPTER 7
LIQUIDATION ONLY
·
THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT SUBSIDIZE CORPORATE
REORGANIZATION
·
THE PBGC CAN NOT POSSIBLY GUARRANTEE THE $450
BILLION IN PENSION UNDERFUNDING AS ESTIMATED BY THE PBGC IN SEPTEMBER 2005
The Senate offices measure response by
the number of inches in the piles of letters supporting each issue. It is
of the utmost importance that EACH of us write these
letters then do EVERYTHING we can to encourage our friends and family to do the
same.
This is important to EVERY American with
a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, not just for the employees and retirees of
United Airlines. If Congress does not take appropriate action there will
be an entire generation that were promised their entire working lives that they
would have a pension on retirement that now will become wards of the State.
Please fax your two Senators, the Senate
leadership and then ALL members of the Senate. Make a special effort to
fax AT LEAST ALL the Republican members of the Senate. Sample Letter
Write
your letter in your own words. Form
letters are not as effective as your words.
November 15, 2005
Senator ____________
Fax: 202-XXX-XXXX
Save the Pensions at
United Airlines
Dear Senator ___________,
It was not Congress’s intent for
corporations to use the PBGC as a business reorganization tool. The
PBGC should only be used as a last resort in Chapter 7 liquidation, not
reorganization that will enable a corporation to post huge profits on the backs
of the retirees.
United Airlines is projecting $1 billion
profit a year after Chapter 11 bankruptcy by breaking the promises they have
made to the retirees of United Airlines.
The PBGC just announced today that they
are now projecting a deficit of $ 22.8 billion for 2005. How can you ask
the taxpayers to subsidize the profits of these corporations dumping their
pensions on the PBGC? Delta and Northwest will add another $16.3 billion
to the deficit and this does not include
AVOID THE PENDING TAXPAYER
BAILOUT!
There must be a moratorium on pension
terminations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including United Airlines.
Congress must act or we will have an entire generation without their promised
pensions.
Respectfully,
Sign
Name, Address, City, State, Zip
If you do nothing else, PLEASE write your
own two Senators! YOUR pension may rely on the response from these
letters.
WRITE NOW!
Current Senate
Leadership
|
Title |
Member Name |
DC Phone |
DC FAX |
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President Pro Tempore |
202-224-3004 |
202-224-2354 |
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Majority Leader |
202-224-3344 |
202-228-1264 |
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Majority Whip |
202-224-2541 |
202-224-2499 |
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Minority Leader |
202-224-3542 |
202-224-7327 |
Current Senate Members
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First |
Last |
Party |
State |
FAX no. |
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Daniel |
Akaka |
D |
HI |
202-224-2126 |
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Lamar |
Alexander |
R |
TN |
202-228-3398 |
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Allard |
R |
CO |
202-224-6471 |
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George |
Allen |
R |
VA |
202-224-5432 |
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Max |
Baucus |
D |
MT |
202-228-3687 |
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Evan |
Bayh |
D |
IN |
202-228-1377 |
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Robert |
Bennett |
R |
UT |
801-524-5730 |
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Joseph |
Biden |
D |
DE |
202-224-0139 |
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Jeff |
Bingaman |
D |
NM |
202-224-2852 |
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Christopher |
Bond |
R |
MO |
202-224-8149 |
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Barbara |
Boxer |
D |
CA |
559-497-5111 |
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Sam |
Brownback |
R |
KS |
202-228-1265 |
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Jim |
Bunning |
R |
KY |
202-228-1373 |
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Conrad |
Burns |
R |
MT |
202-224-8594 |
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Richard |
Burr |
R |
NC |
202-228-2981 |
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Robert |
Byrd |
D |
WV |
202-228-0002 |
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Maria |
Cantwell |
D |
WA |
202-228-0514 |
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Thomas |
Carper |
D |
DE |
202-228-2190 |
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Chafee |
R |
RI |
401-845-0703 |
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Saxby |
Chambliss |
R |
GA |
202-224-0103 |
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Hillary |
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D |
NY |
202-228-0282 |
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Tom |
Coburn |
R |
OK |
202-224-6008 |
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Thad |
Cochran |
R |
MS |
202-224-9450 |
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Norm |
Coleman |
R |
MN |
202-224-1152 |
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Susan |
Collins |
R |
ME |
202-224-2693 |
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Conrad |
D |
ND |
202-224-7776 |
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John |
Cornyn |
R |
TX |
202-228-2856 |
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Jon |
Corzine |
D |
NJ |
202-228-2197 |
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Larry |
Craig |
R |
ID |
202-228-1067 |
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Michael |
Crapo |
R |
ID |
208-334-9044 |
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Mark |
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D |
MN |
202-228-2186 |
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Jim |
DeMint |
R |
SC |
843-722-4923 |
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Mike |
DeWine |
R |
OH |
202-224-6519 |
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Christopher |
Dodd |
D |
CT |
202-224-1083 |
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Dole |
R |
NC |
202-224-1100 |
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Pete |
Domenici |
R |
NM |
202-228-3261 |
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Byron |
Dorgan |
D |
ND |
202-224-1193 |
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Richard |
Durbin |
D |
IL |
202-228-0400 |
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John |
Ensign |
R |
NV |
202-228-2193 |
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Michael |
Enzi |
R |
WY |
202-228-0359 |
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Russell |
Feingold |
D |
WI |
202-224-2725 |
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Dianne |
Feinstein |
D |
CA |
202-228-3954 |
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Bill |
Frist |
R |
TN |
202-228-1264 |
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Lindsey |
Graham |
R |
SC |
202-224-3808 |
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Charles |
Grassley |
R |
IA |
202-224-6020 |
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Judd |
Gregg |
R |
NH |
202-224-4952 |
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Chuck |
Hagel |
R |
NE |
202-224-5213 |
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Tom |
Harkin |
D |
IA |
202-224-9369 |
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Orrin |
Hatch |
R |
UT |
202-224-6331 |
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Kay |
Hutchison |
R |
TX |
202-224-0776 |
|
James |
Inhofe |
R |
OK |
202-228-0380 |
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Daniel |
Inouye |
D |
HI |
202-224-6747 |
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Johnny |
Isakson |
R |
GA |
202-228-0724 |
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James |
Jeffords |
I |
VT |
202-228-0776 |
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Tim |
Johnson |
D |
SD |
202-228-5765 |
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Edward |
Kennedy |
D |
MA |
202-224-2417 |
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John |
Kerry |
D |
MA |
202-224-8525 |
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Herb |
Kohl |
D |
WI |
202-224-9787 |
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Jon |
Kyl |
R |
AZ |
202-224-2207 |
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Mary |
Landrieu |
D |
LA |
202-224-9735 |
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Frank |
Lautenberg |
D |
NJ |
202-228-4054 |
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Patrick |
Leahy |
D |
VT |
202-224-3479 |
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Carl |
Levin |
D |
MI |
202-224-1388 |
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Joseph |
Lieberman |
D |
CT |
202-224-9750 |
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Blanche |
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D |
AR |
202-228-1371 |
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Lott |
R |
MS |
202-224-2262 |
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Richard |
Lugar |
R |
IN |
202-228-0360 |
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Mel |
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R |
FL |
202-228-5171 |
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John |
McCain |
R |
AZ |
202-228-2862 |
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Mitch |
McConnell |
R |
KY |
202-224-2499 |
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Barbara |
Mikulski |
D |
MD |
202-224-8858 |
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Lisa |
Murkowski |
R |
AK |
202-224-5301 |
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Patty |
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D |
WA |
202-224-0238 |
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Bill |
Nelson |
D |
FL |
202-228-2183 |
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Benjamin |
Nelson |
D |
NE |
202-228-0012 |
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Barack |
Obama |
D |
IL |
202-228-5417 |
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Mark |
Pryor |
D |
AR |
202-228-0908 |
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Jack |
Reed |
D |
RI |
202-224-4680 |
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Harry |
Reid |
D |
NV |
202-224-7327 |
|
Pat |
Roberts |
R |
KS |
202-224-3514 |
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John |
Rockefeller |
D |
WV |
202-224-7665 |
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Ken |
Salazar |
D |
CO |
202-228-5036 |
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Rick |
Santorum |
R |
PA |
202-228-0604 |
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Paul |
Sarbanes |
D |
MD |
202-224-1651 |
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Charles |
Schumer |
D |
NY |
202-228-3027 |
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Jeff |
Sessions |
R |
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202-224-3149 |
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Richard |
|
R |
|
202-224-3416 |
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Gordon |
Smith |
R |
OR |
202-228-3997 |
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Snowe |
R |
ME |
202-224-1946 |
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Arlen |
Specter |
R |
PA |
202-228-1229 |
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Debbie |
Stabenow |
D |
MI |
202-228-0325 |
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Ted |
Stevens |
R |
AK |
202-224-2354 |
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John |
Sununu |
R |
NH |
202-228-4131 |
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James |
Talent |
R |
MO |
202-228-1518 |
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Craig |
Thomas |
R |
WY |
202-224-1724 |
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John |
Thune |
R |
SD |
202-228-5429 |
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David |
Vitter |
R |
LA |
202-228-5061 |
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George |
Voinovich |
R |
OH |
202-228-1382 |
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John |
Warner |
R |
VA |
202-224-6295 |
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Ron |
Wyden |
D |
OR |
202-228-2717 |