Lingley v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.

OPI NION

BOLGER, Justlce

I. INTRODUCTION

A former airline employee sued her former employer for wrongful termination without first attempting to arbitrate her claims under the provisions of <a collective bargaining agreement subject to the federal - Railway Labor Act, The superior court denied the employee leave to amend her complaint, concluding that her claims and proposed claims were precluded by failure to exhaust contractual. remedies and were preempted by the Railway Labor Act. But the collective bargaining agreement does not clearly and unmistakably waive the employee's right to litigate…