Abstract In 1984 the Supreme Court ruled that employers can unilaterally break an existing
collective bargaining contract upon filing a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. This ruling …

When a corporation files a petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, it attempts to
reorganize and rehabilitate itself. The corporation attempts to work out various consensual …

With increasing foreign competition and shrinking market share and profit margins, the auto
industry has joined the fray in looking at bankruptcy as an option to get back on track …

Chapter 1 1 Is a Two-Edged Sword: Union Options in Corporate Chapter 1 1 Proceedings
By Richard H. Gibson Bankruptcy Attorney C 1984 by Richard H. Gibson Suddenly, in the …

The Collective Bargaining Agreement In Bankruptcy: Does the Duty to Arbitrate Survive? By
Ralph S. Berger* Arbitrator and Office of Collective Bargaining Trial Examiner 1984 bs …

As the management of a financially troubled business comes to recognize that its only
opportunity for economic survival lies in a Chapter 111 reorganization case under the …

After a corporation files a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code, 1 it must submit a plan to the bankruptcy court that will provide for the future economic …

Under section 8 (a)(5)'of the National Labor Relations Act2 (the" NLRA"), an employers
covered by a collective bargaining agreement must ordinarily bargain to" impasse" with the …

On July 10, 1984, the President signed into law the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal
Judgeship Act of 1984 (the 1984 Amendments),'settling-at least temporarily-a controversy …

Prior to the mid-1970s, the issue of rejecting collective bargaining agreements as part of a
Chapter 11 reorganization proceeding received little attention. For most of this period of …