Special Update

April 22, 2020

Brothers and Sisters,

Yesterday, a federal court issued a judgment in the Beier vs. IBT litigation many of you may have heard about.  We can say that all but one of the plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed by the judge. A single claim survived because at this phase the judge cannot make decisions based on evidence, and must assume that everything the plaintiffs claim is true, although this is certainly not the case. 

The IBT has every confidence that when the Court is able to review the facts, the IBT will prevail, since we did everything we could in negotiations to secure your participation in the CARP DB plan as quickly as possible.  The IBT is proud of its role in ensuring United mechanics are the only legacy carrier group to have a DB pension plan. 

We will keep you posted of further developments. 

In solidarity,

Vinny Graziano

IBT National Coordinator

Airline Division