American Airlines Mechanics’ Slowdown Nixed By Federal Court (1)

American Airlines Group Inc. mechanics must end their work slowdown and stop slow-walking repairs as part of their effort to gain leverage in union negotiations, a federal judge in Texas ruled.

"[L]arge numbers of the traveling public are likely to be deprived of transportation services, causing serious and substantial damage to the public interest” if union workers don’t perform their normal operations, Judge John McBryde said in his June 14 order granting the airline’s request for a temporary restraining order against the TWU-IAM Association, which represents 30,000 airline mechanics and related workers.

The TWU-IAM Association—comprised of the International Association of ...