International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers v. Reeve Aleutian Airways

469 F.2d 990 81 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2910 , 69 Lab.Cas. P 13,196 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, an unincorporated labor organization, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REEVE ALEUTIAN AIRWAYS, INC., an Alaska corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 71-2684. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 24, 1972. Bernard Dunau (argued), Washington, D. C., Robert H. Reynolds, Anchorage, Alaska, Plato E. Papps, Washington, D. C., Willard L. Converse, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff-appellant. J. H. Shortell, Jr. (argued), C. R. Kennelly, Anchorage, Alaska, Stephen C. Cowper, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendant-appellee. Before MERRILL, DUNIWAY, and TRASK, Circuit Judges. MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 This case presents the question whether, once a major dispute (respecting certain proposed changes in working conditions as embodied in a collective bargaining agreement) has run its course pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (resulting in impasse and strike), and the agreement by its terms has come to an end, other changes in working conditions can, under the terms of the Act, unilaterally be imposed by the carrier. 2 The union contends that notwithstanding the fact that the…