American Train Dispatchers Department of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge:

Before the court are cross-motions of petitioner American Train Dispatchers Department of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (“Union”) and of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“Norfolk”) for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the motion of the Union is denied, and the motion of Norfolk is granted.

BACKGROUND1

The Union is a national labor organization authorized to act pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. § 151, et seq., as a bargaining representative on behalf of the train dispatchers employed by…