Legal Opinion

Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 3, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-1235PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

THOMAS F. HOGAN, District Judge.

The issue in this case is whether Amtrak’s unilateral imposition of drug testing on its employees gives rise to a “minor” dispute under the Railway Labor Act over which this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction or to a “major” dispute entitling the parties to an injunction maintaining the status quo while they bargain over the change.

The Court finds that drug testing is a substantial change in the employees’ terms and conditions of employment not arguably predicated on an existing agreement and shall issue the injunction sought by…

2Cases cited22 opinions

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
National Federation of Federal Employees v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
Railway Labor Executives Association v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by8 opinions

Lebron v. National RR Passenger Corp.(Amtrak)District Court, S.D. New York · 1993
City of Miami v. FOP Miami Lodge 20District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
Lebron v. AmtrakCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 189District Court, District of Columbia · 2015

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