Case: Labor Relations/Arbitration (5th Cir.)

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the claim of a facilities mechanic who served as a union representative of retaliatory termination against American Airlines under the Railway Labor Act, holding that the dispute was a “minor” one requiring arbitration rather than federal court jurisdiction, as it could be resolved by interpreting the existing collective bargaining agreement and last chance agreement between the airline, the Transport Workers Union Local 591, and the mechanic failed to provide evidence supporting his claim of anti-union animus that would qualify for an exception to mandatory ...