American Train Dispatchers Association v. National Railway Labor Conference

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN TRAIN DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:20-cv-02139 (TNM) v. NATIONAL RAILWAY LABOR CONFERENCE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case is about what dispute resolution process applies to a disagreement between railroads and their employees. A group of unions representing railroad employees (“Unions”) sue to prevent various railroads from implementing changes to their health benefit plans outside collective bargaining. The railroads want to reorganize the current vendors that contract with the…