April 13, 2022
A Texas district court had the authority to issue a temporary restraining order ordering Union Pacific to reinstate a union member and six officers, the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying the employees' suspension was a major dispute that required the court's involvement.
October 05, 2021
A Fifth Circuit panel debated Tuesday whether Union Pacific's suspension of a railway workers union member and five officers in El Paso, Texas, was "existential" enough to the union's nationwide collective bargaining power to constitute more than a minor dispute under the Railway Labor Act that merits court involvement.