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45 U.S.C. § 151a

General purposes

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The purposes of the chapter are: (1) To avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein; (2) to forbid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any denial, as a condition of employment or otherwise, of the right of employees to join a labor organization; (3) to provide for the complete independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (4) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 434 cases (62 in the last 5 years), 1936–2026 · leading case: Alaska Airlines v. Judy Schurke, 898 F.3d 904 (9th Cir. 2018).
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Alaska Airlines v. Judy Schurke, 898 F.3d 904 (9th Cir. 2018). · cites it 8× “” 45 U.S.C. § 151a; Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ry.”
Aircraft Serv. Int'l, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, Local 117, 779 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2015). · cites it 12× “” 45 U.S.C. § 151a. Passed in 1926, the RLA was intended to quell the persistent labor unrest that “threaten[ed] disruption of transportation.”
Air Transp. Ass'n of Am., Inc. v. Nat'l Mediation Bd., 663 F.3d 476 (D.C. Cir. 2011). · cites it 6× “Its goal is to "avoid any interruption to commerce," 45 U.S.C. § 151a, while protecting the right of workers to "organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing," 45 U.”
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris, 512 U.S. 246 (1994). · cites it 3× “557, 562 (1987); see also 45 U. S. C. § 151a. To realize this goal, the RLA establishes a mandatory arbitral mechanism for “the prompt and orderly settlement” of two classes of disputes.”
Robert Brown v. Illinois Cent. R.R. Co., 254 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2001). · cites it 3× “Major disputes “relate to the formation of collective bargaining agreements or efforts to secure them.”
Dawn Polk v. Amtrak Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., 66 F.4th 500 (4th Cir. 2023). · cites it 5× “45 U.S.C. § 151a. In relevant part, the statute sets forth a detailed dispute-resolution procedure, culminating in arbitration, for conflicts “growing out of .”
Careflite v. Off. & Prof'l Employees Int'l Union, 612 F.3d 314 (5th Cir. 2010). · cites it 6× “2d 563 (1987) and 45 U.S.C. § 151a). The RLA therefore "establishes a mandatory arbitral mechanism for `the prompt and orderly settlement' of two classes of disputes.”
Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Foust, 442 U.S. 42 (1979). · cites it 2× “See supra, at 47-48; 45 U. S. C. § 151a; Virginian R. Co. v. Railway Employees, 300 U.”
Stephanie Carlson v. CSX Transp., Incorpora, 758 F.3d 819 (7th Cir. 2014). “45 U.S.C. § 151a; see Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.”
Jennifer Miller v. Sw. Airlines Co., 926 F.3d 898 (7th Cir. 2019). “§§ 151 - 88, which applies to air carriers as well as railroads.”
Aircraft Serv. Int'l Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters AFL CIO Local 117, 742 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2014). · cites it 7× “45 U.S.C. § 151a. First and foremost, Congress was concerned about preventing “any” interruptions to interstate commerce, because of the pivotal role that railways and air carriers play in the national economy.”
James W. Felt v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co., 60 F.3d 1416 (9th Cir. 1995). · cites it 3× “See 45 U.S.C. §§ 151a, 153. Minor disputes “gro[w] out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions.”
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— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(1) — 12 cases
Atlas Air, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, 280 F. Supp. 3d 59 (D.D.C. 2017).
Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-Appellee, 802 F.2d 886 (7th Cir. 1986).
Ry. Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R. Co., Interstate Com. Comm'n, Intervenor, 845 F.2d 420 (3rd Cir. 1988).
James C. Stephens, Floyd G. Stephens, Richard Mahoney, Donald v. Nippert v. Ret. Income Plan for Pilots of U.S. Air, Inc., 464 F.3d 606 (6th Cir. 2006).
Long Island Rail Road v. Int'l Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, 709 F. Supp. 376 (S.D.N.Y. 1989).
— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(2) — 12 cases
Alaska Airlines v. Judy Schurke, 898 F.3d 904 (9th Cir. 2018). “” 45 U.S.C. § 151a; Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ry.”
Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-Appellee, 802 F.2d 886 (7th Cir. 1986).
Nat'l Mediation Bd. v. Cont'l Airlines Corp. (In Re Cont'l Airlines Corp.), 50 B.R. 342 (S.D. Tex. 1985).
Local Union No. 2000, Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters v. Nw. Airlines, Inc., 21 F. Supp. 2d 751 (E.D. Mich. 1998).
Atlas Air, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, 232 F.3d 218 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(3) — 3 cases
Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. United States, 865 F.3d 1045 (8th Cir. 2017).
Lamoille Valley R.R. v. Nat'l Mediation Bd., 539 F. Supp. 237 (D. Vt. 1982).
Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. United States (8th Cir. 2017).
— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(4) — 27 cases
Aircraft Serv. Int'l, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, Local 117, 779 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2015). “” 45 U.S.C. § 151a. Passed in 1926, the RLA was intended to quell the persistent labor unrest that “threaten[ed] disruption of transportation.”
Atlas Air, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, 280 F. Supp. 3d 59 (D.D.C. 2017).
Burlington N. R.R. Co. v. United Transp. Union, Bhd. of Locomotive Engineers v. Winona Bridge Ry. Co., 862 F.2d 1266 (7th Cir. 1988).
Joseph C. Stephens v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., a Virginia Corp., Defendant, 792 F.2d 576 (6th Cir. 1987).
Nat'l Ry. Labor Conf. v. Int'l Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, 830 F.2d 741 (7th Cir. 1987).
— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(5) — 43 cases
Bhd. of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen Gen. Comm. of Adjustment CSX Transp. N. Lines v. CSX Transp., Inc., 522 F.3d 1190 (11th Cir. 2008).
Charles Ward v. United Airlines, Inc., 986 F.3d 1234 (9th Cir. 2021).
Joseph T. Lorenz, Jr. v. Csx Transp., Inc., 980 F.2d 263 (4th Cir. 1993).
Lindsay v. Ass'n of Prof'l Flight Attendants, 581 F.3d 47 (2d Cir. 2009).
Reginald Childs v. Pennsylvania Fed'n Bhd. of Maint. Way Employees, & Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., 831 F.2d 429 (3rd Cir. 1987).
— 45 U.S.C. § 151a(l) — 11 cases
Ronald Burkevich, Gary R. Gale, B. David Gates Iii, Karl Maerzluft, & Glenn Kroshus v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Int'l, 894 F.2d 346 (9th Cir. 1990).
Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, Afl-Cio, & Teamsters Local Union No. 2727 v. United Parcel Serv. Co., 447 F.3d 491 (6th Cir. 2006).
Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Liberty Trucking Co., 528 F. Supp. 610 (W.D. Wis. 1981).
Burlington N. R.R. Co. v. Bhd. of Maint. of Way Employees, 793 F.2d 795 (7th Cir. 1986).
W. Maryland RR. v. Sys. Bd. of Adjustment, 465 F. Supp. 963 (D. Maryland 1979).
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