BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN

Nos. 85-2360, 85-2412.

802 F.2d 1016 (1986)

BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES, LODGE 16, et al.; Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Grand Lodge, et al., Intervenors, Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Zanville, Cedar Falls, Iowa, for appellants.

Richard J. Schreiber, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a suit in equity for an injunction preventing the defendant, Burlington Northern Railroad Co., from putting into effect unilaterally certain methods for detecting drug use among its employees. In general, if a proposed practice by a rail carrier is a clear departure from the collective-bargaining agreement, a dispute over the practice is treated as a "major dispute" under the Railway Labor Act, and the carrier may not proceed without first negotiating...

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