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- 2026Price D. Colo.
- 2026HAMARNEH D.N.J.
- 2025Assoc.of Sheet Metal Workers, etc. v. K.C. Southern Railway 8th Cir.
- 2025The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (Swapa) on Behalf of Itself and Its Members Tex.
- 2025Langley S.D. Ohio
- 2025Figuereo E.D.N.Y
- 2025International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company N.D. Ohio
- 2025Allegiant Air, LLC v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division D. Nev.
- 2025Wood v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters D. Alaska
- 2025Howell v. Gate Gourmet, Inc. D. Colo.
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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. (Source: (May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, § 2, 48 Stat. 1186.))