AMERICAN AIRLINES v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

No. CV-80-0101.

487 F.Supp. 249 (1980)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO ("TWU"); William G. Lindner, Individually and as International President of TWU; Ernest M. Mitchell, Individually and as International Vice President and Director, Air Transport Division of TWU; Herman J. Leonard, Individually and as International Vice President and Assistant Director, Air Transport Division of TWU; Roosevelt Watts, Individually and as International Secretary-Treasurer of TWU; Local 501, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 501") and Patrick J. McGahan, Individually and as President of Local 501; Local 502, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 502") and Howard W. Blaydes, Individually and as President of Local 502; Local 505, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 505") and Norman Allshouse, Individually and as President of Local 505; Local 507, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 507") and John D. Fortune, Individually and as President of Local 507; Local 510, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 510") and Richard Dawson, Individually and as President of Local 510; Local 512, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 512") and Clarence Edwards, Individually and as President of Local 512; Local 513, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 513") and James Jackson, Individually and as President of Local 513; Local 514, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 514") and Robert J. Ridge, Individually and as President of Local 514; Local 519, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 519") and Frank Palumbo, Individually and as President of Local 519; Local 521, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 521") and John Perdue, Individually and as President of Local 521; Local 527, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 527") and Celeste P. Conroy, Individually and as President of Local 527; Local 540, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 540") and E. F. Downey, Individually and as President of Local 540; Local 541, TWU, AFL-CIO ("Local 541") and Trent W. Barber, Individually and as President of Local 541; and each of said individuals as representatives of a class consisting of all of plaintiff's employees represented by TWU for purposes of collective bargaining under the Railway Labor Act, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

January 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poletti Freidin Prashker, Feldman & Gartner by Eric Rosenfeld, New York City, for plaintiff.

O'Donnell & Schwartz by Asher W. Schwartz, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

Plaintiff, American Airlines ("American"), seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants, the Transport Workers Union of America ("TWU"), their officers, agents and employees "from in any manner or by any means, directing, calling, causing, authorizing, inducing, instigating, conducting, continuing, engaging or threatening any strike, picketing or other concerted slowdown or work stoppage, picketing or concerted...

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