Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 25, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Expense/(Income) Related to Net Benefit Expense

The following table describes the components of expense / (income) related to net benefit expense recorded in labor and fringe on the income statement.

	Pension Benefits
(Dollars in millions)	First Quarters
	2016			2015
Service Cost	$	12		$	11
Interest Cost	30			29
Expected Return on Plan Assets	(39		)	(40		)
Amortization of Net Loss	12			17
Net Periodic Benefit Cost	15			17
Special Termination Benefits – Workforce Reduction Program(a)	—			7
Total Expense	$	15		$	24
	Other Post-retirement Benefits
(Dollars in millions)	First Quarters
	2016			2015
Service Cost	$	—		$	1
Interest Cost	3			4
Amortization of Net Loss	1			1
Total Expense	$	4		$	6

(a) Special termination benefits were charges in 2015 that resulted from a management workforce reduction program initiated in 2014.