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AMERICAN RY. AND AIRWAY SUP'RS ASS'N v. SOO LINE R. CO.

No. 88-5350.

891 F.2d 675 (1989)

AMERICAN RAILWAY AND AIRWAY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION, (DIVISION OF BRAC); Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes; Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes; Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada (Division of BRAC); Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers; International Longshoremen's Association; National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Railroad Yardmasters of America (Division of UTU); Seafarers International Union of North America; Sheet Metal Workers' International Association; Transport Workers Union of America; and United Transportation Union; Appellants, v. SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Edelman, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Barry McGrath, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.

LAY, Chief Judge.

This is a suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require national bargaining1 over the proposed modification of health and welfare benefits between eleven rail unions and Soo Line Railroad Company. The district court2 granted summary judgment in favor of the railroad, and the unions appeal. We affirm.

Background

In early 1984, the unions, pursuant to section 6...

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