Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 23, 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)	Third Quarters						Nine Months
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service Cost	$	12		$	12		$	36		$	34
Interest Cost	29			29			89			87
Expected Return on Plan Assets	(39		)	(41		)	(118		)	(122		)
Amortization of Net Loss	12			17			36			52
Net Periodic Benefit Cost	14			17			43			51
Special Termination Benefits – Workforce Reduction Program(a)	—			—			—			7
Total Expense	$	14		$	17		$	43		$	58
	Other Post-retirement Benefits
(Dollars in millions)	Third Quarters						Nine Months
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service Cost	$	—		$	2		$	1		$	3
Interest Cost	3			3			9			10
Amortization of Net Loss	1			1			2			3
Amortization of Prior Service Costs	—			(1		)	—			(1		)
Total Expense	$	4		$	5		$	12		$	15

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