URPBPA LEGISLATIVE ALERT
Immediate Action Required!
Please circulate
Due to the bankruptcies of Delta
and Northwest there is a very strong call in Washington
for immediate pension relief. The
problem is the relief as proposed WILL DO NOTHING to help save the
pensions at United Airlines.
If you think it is unfair that Congress changes the law
now to help Delta and Northwest without including United Airlines then you must
join us now. Write to demand that any
pension legislation must include provisions to save the pensions at United
Airlines.
Harry Reid, Senate minority
leader said, “Congress has an immediate opportunity to pass legislation
enabling both companies to keep pension plans for workers in place.”
Johnny Isakson, senator from Georgia said, “We want to bring the bill to the floor as
early as next week.”
It is imperative that we
Here is what is happening in
Congress according to our sources:
On the Senate side the Senate Finance
and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees each have
released pension reform legislation. The Chairmen and the Ranking Members
of both of these committees are now in negotiations to consolidate these two
pieces of proposed legislation into one bill that they can introduce to the
Senate. Neither one of these
proposals have any provisions that will help United Airlines. It is up to us to contact them and demand that
United Airlines be included in any remedy.
On the House side the House Ways and Means Committee is still in the process of
formulating their legislative pension reform. We must again contact all the
members of the House Ways and Means Committee and emphasize that United
Airlines must be included in their legislation.
Compose your letter to be one
page maximum. It does not have to be a
literary masterpiece, but your letter should include: “Any pension legislation must include
provisions to save the pensions at United Airlines.”
We need a large number of
letters; please encourage your friends and family to join you in writing.
Points
you may also wish to include:
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The pilot’s pension plan at United has not been terminated.
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Stop the exploitation of the PBGC’s termination insurance program
by the airlines in bankruptcy.
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The PBGC should not be used as a business reorganization tool.
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The PBGC is already insolvent and the crisis is worsening.
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Any legislation MUST include United
Airlines, to do otherwise would be extremely unfair.
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The spending and voting habits of hundreds of thousands of
Americans will be determined by the actions of Congress.
Please Fax your letters
to the following offices and follow up with a phone call:
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Senate Committee on
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House Committee on Ways
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Longworth House Office Building 1102 |
Longworth House Office Building 1106 |
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William
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Also please write your own
Congressman and your two Senators. Special attention should be given to
Senators from California and Illinois where
large concentrations of United employees and retirees reside:
Senator
Dianne Feinstein
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0504
(202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Senator Barbara Boxer
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Fax:
Senator Dick Durbin
332 Dirksen Senate Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Fax:
Senator Barack Obama
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202)
Fax: