Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. United Transportation Union, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

CLARK, Associate Justice.

The Chicago and North Western Railway Company (CNW) brought this suit in 1969 to enjoin a threatened strike call by the United Transportation Union (UTU) involving the work rules of employees of North Western on its railroad lines. North Western contended that UTU had not complied with its duty under Section 2 First of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. § 152 First) 1 to “exert every reasonable effort” to settle the work rules dispute between the parties as to the number of brakemen to be employed on CNW’s trains. The court issued a temporary restraining order, but…