Jolicoeur-Vasseur v. Ass'n of Professional Flight Attendants

ORDER

American Airlines fired Eve Jolicoeur-Vasseur for failing to pay dues to her union, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, as required by the collective bargaining agreement. Jolicoeur-Vasseur then sued the union under the Railway Labor Act, see 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 to 164, claiming that it breached its duty of fair representation by failing to give notice that her dues were in arrears and then by thwarting her efforts to grieve her termination. She also sued American, but her action against the airline is wholly derivative of her claim against the union, and so we can ignore it…