Ninth Circuit Affirms Railway Labor Act Strike Injunction Prohibiting Work Stoppage By Unrepresented Sea-Tac Airport Workers

In a case highlighting some of the important differences between the Railway Labor Act and the National Labor Relations Act, the Ninth Circuit recently upheld a federal district court decision enjoining a threatened strike by a group of unrepresented employees working for Aircraft Service International (“ASI”) at Seattle’s busy Sea-Tac airport. According to the opinion, ASI is responsible for refueling approximately 75 percent of the airplanes at the Sea-Tac airport, and the impending strike significantly threatened to “disrupt interstate commerce” and airport operations.

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