Legal Opinion
Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 15, 1990No. 90 C 802Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co. (GTW) wants to lease its Chicago “Rail-port” facility to Canadian National Railway Co. (CN). The lease transaction would, among other things, result in the loss of 28 railway workers’ jobs. The plaintiffs, a group of railway labor unions, have collective bargaining agreements with GTW. They have each notified GTW of their intent to add terms to their agreements to cover the Railport lease, pursuant to § 6 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 156 (1970) (RLA). Those notices are presently being mediated by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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