Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and United Transportation Union

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1985-07-26

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers sued the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, lost, and appeals, presenting us with interesting questions under the Railway Labor Act. In the glory days of the railroads, generally a worker became a locomotive engineer by promotion from the ranks of the firemen after having been a fireman f…

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