Legal Opinion
General Committee of Adjustment v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1980No. 79-1458PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This matter is before the Court for a second time. When it was first here,1 we made it clear that employees of Burlington Northern, Inc. (BNI), who are members of the United Transportation Union-E (UTU-E) working as engineers in the United States, have a right to have their merger-related disputes2 decided by a Public Law Board on which the UTU-E is represented. As we there stated:
The issue is an important one not only to the employees of the BNI who are members of the UTU-E but also to the Union itself. An aggrieved employee cannot help but feel that his interests in an…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United Transportation Union, Local Lodge No. 31 v. St. Paul Union Depot CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- General Committee of Adjustment v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
3Cited by4 opinions
- Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern RailroadDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1985
- Allen v. CSX Transportation, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1992
- General Committee of Adjustment v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980