AMERICAN RY. AND AIRWAY SUP'RS v. SOO LINE R. CO.

Civ. 4-86-961.

690 F.Supp. 802 (1988)

AMERICAN RAILWAY AND AIRWAY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION (DIVISION OF BRAC); Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes; Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes; Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada (Division of BRAC); Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers; International Longshoremen's Association; National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Railroad Yardmasters of America (Division of UTU); Seafarers International Union of North America; Sheet Metal Workers' International Association; Transport Workers Union of America; and United Transportation Union; Plaintiffs, v. SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

July 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O'B. Clarke, Jr., Highsaw & Mahoney, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Linzey D. Jones, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., and Patrick J. McPartland, and Barry McGrath, Soo Line R. Co., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are rail labor organizations that brought this action on behalf of their members against defendant Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo) under the Railway Labor Act (the Act or RLA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. Plaintiffs seek to compel defendant to continue to participate in national employee benefit programs and to continue in national bargaining as to those programs. Jurisdiction...

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