DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is asking a bankruptcy judge to break its union contracts and impose cost-cutting terms on workers.
American said it filed the request Tuesday in U.S. bankruptcy court in New York.
The airline is making good on a threat last week to seek to throw out the labor contracts, if it couldn't negotiate concessions from unions for pilots, flight attendants and ground workers.
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