Allegiant Air Defeats Ex-Worker’s Bargaining Agreement Challenge

Allegiant Air LLC and the Transport Workers Union on Tuesday beat an ex-Allegiant staffer’s claims that the airline’s collective bargaining agreement coerces workers to join the union.

The union contract conditioning seniority-based scheduling privileges on paying fees is lawful because it treats union members and non-union members the same, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said. The court affirmed summary judgment for the airline and union.

The US District Court for the District of Nevada last year granted summary judgment to Allegiant and the Transport Workers Union of America in a challenge to the contract from ...