Consolidated Rail Corp. v. United Transportation Union

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WEINER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Once again we revisit the consequences resulting from the passage by Congress of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 (“NRSA”). On October 7, 1983, plaintiff Consolidated Rail Corporation (“Conrail”) filed a complaint against the United Transportation Union (“UTU”), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”), the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (“BLE”) and their general chairmen. These unions had each sought to arbitrate certain claims for job protection arising out of Conrad’s decisions to abandon…