Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan

Sykes, Circuit Judge.

*539 Union Pacific Railroad Company hired Richard Griff in the mid-1980s. Griff was promoted from locomotive engineer to management over the next several years, only to be fired in 2013 when the railroad discovered that he had falsified safety and training documentation. Griff objected to his termination on procedural grounds, arguing that he was entitled to a hearing under a collective-bargaining agreement between Union Pacific and his union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. The railroad responded that the agreement did not provide a hearing for…