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TRANSPORT WORKERS LOCAL UNION v. INTERN. UNION

No. 13-1722.

732 F.3d 832 (2013)

TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Local Unions 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, INTERNATIONAL UNION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Silber , Huntington Beach, CA, George W. Spence, Jr. , Wheaton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stanley Eisenstein , Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein & Johnson, Chicago, IL, Evan Hudson-Plush , Bruce H. Simon , Michael L. Winston , Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This matter involves a power struggle between the national leadership of the Transportation Workers Union of America and the leadership of several of its Local Unions. The dispute arose after American Airlines filed for bankruptcy and implemented a plan to reduce its labor costs. In anticipation of the reduction in the number of American Airlines mechanics, and likewise a reduction in the number of Transportation Workers Union members, the national...

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