Sheet Metal Workers' International Association v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (the Association) appeals the decision of the district court 1 denying its request for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Railway Labor Act (the RLA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188. The Association sought to enjoin the Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) from having employees of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Electro-Northern, Inc., repair and maintain locomotives owned or leased by Oakway, Inc. until bargaining procedures required by the RLA were exhausted. We affirm the denial of injunctive relief.

I. BACKGROUND

The…