Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against its mechanics union on Thursday, accu...
CHICAGO - Southwest Airlines filed a lawsuit against its mechanics union on Thursday, accusing the workers of an illegal campaign to disrupt operations in order to improve their position in prolonged labor talks.
Southwest and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, which represents some 2,400 mechanics at the low-cost carrier, have been in contract negotiations since 2012. Southwest said soon after it began experiencing “an uptick on cosmetic and other minor maintenance write-ups,” leading to an unprecedented number of aircraft out of service and forcing the airline to delay or cancel hundreds of flights.
“It quickly became clear as these unusual write-ups spread across Southwest’s stations that something coordinated was beginning to occur,” the airline said in the lawsuit.
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