Legal Opinion
Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 9, 1988No. 86-6030-CV-SJ-6PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED OPINION *
SACHS, District Judge.
This lawsuit was filed two years ago by the union representing some 6,000 flight attendants (IFFA) then employed by the defendant airline (TWA). It sought an injunction under the status quo provisions of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. § 152, Seventh) against implementation by TWA of proposed wage reductions and adverse changes in work rules. TWA was presumptively authorized to implement the changes, however, after March 6, 1986, the end of a cooling-off period scheduled by the National Mediation Board at the conclusion of contract negotiations. 45…
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