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TexasTowelie

(112,443 posts) Sun Jun 16, 2019, 07:12 AM Jun 2019

Federal judge orders American Airlines mechanics to stop disrupting flights

A federal judge on Friday ordered unions that represent American Airlines mechanics not to interfere in the airline's operations.

The judge's order came after Fort Worth-based American asked for a temporary restraining order to end what it considers an illegal work slowdown by mechanics that is causing delayed and canceled flights.

Judge John McBryde in Fort Worth, Texas, said a temporary restraining order is warranted because American is likely to win on its claim that the Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are violating federal labor law.

Lawyers for the unions did not immediately respond to an email seeking their comment.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/american-airlines/2019/06/14/american-airlines-accuses-mechanics-union-staging-devastating-slowdown

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Federal judge orders American Airlines mechanics to stop disrupting flights (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

Refusing overtime? The court is ordering the mechanics to work overtime? Fullduplexxx Jun 2019 #1

Yes if the motivation for the refusal is to disrupt air travel fescuerescue Jun 2019 #5

Wildcat strike? MasterofBiscuits Jun 2019 #2

That's what it look likes. TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #3

Delayed and canceled flights on American are something unusual? DFW Jun 2019 #4

HA! MasterofBiscuits Jun 2019 #6

Fullduplexxx

(7,870 posts)

1. Refusing overtime? The court is ordering the mechanics to work overtime?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 09:20 AM

Jun 2019

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)

5. Yes if the motivation for the refusal is to disrupt air travel

Reply to Fullduplexxx (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 09:38 AM

Jun 2019

The way I read it, it's perfectly fine to refuse overtime. But if the motivation is simply to disrupt, then it's apparently an issue.

The courts frequently use motivation as the basis to compel or prohibit. For instance many of the injunctions against Trump actions, were based on his clear racist motivation.

Frankly I don't see how that can be accurate determined on an individual level, but I could see it being done across an organization. (i.e. overtime acceptance drops from 90% to 10% across the board, its not because everyone just made plans for the evening)