Fairbairn v. United Air Lines, Inc.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

We must decide in this case whether an employment dispute between United Air Lines, Inc. (“United”) and an employee whom United discharged was subject to compulsory arbitration before an appropriate adjustment board by virtue of the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., when the employee was not covered by any collective bargaining agreement nor represented by any union. Based on the fact that United had posted a notice in the workplace that “all disputes” would be “handled in accordance with the requirements of the Railway Labor Act” and a United…