Legal Opinion
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers ("IAM") AFL-CIO
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 18, 1986No. 86-6031-CV-SJ-6PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SACHS, District Judge.
On March 11, 1986, a preliminary injunction was entered, after a hearing the previous day, enjoining the defendant international union (IAM), its district lodge and affiliated local unions and their named officers, from engaging in a sympathy strike or work stoppage against the plaintiff airline (TWA), employer of their members. IAM represents machinists, who serve in various capacities as airline ground crews and as mechanics who keep TWA’s aircraft serviceable. The sympathy strike, essentially consisting of a refusal to cross picket lines to perform…
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