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United Airlines Employees vs. Airline Pilots Association Union

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15 United Airlines employees filed a lawsuit against the Air Line Pilots Association union (ALPA) citing discrimination by the union against nonunion pilots. The complaint states that the executive members of the ALPA failed to inform nonunion United Airlines employees about their right to sell future United Airlines stock shares issued during the airline's bankruptcy reorganization plan. Airline officials and union officials agreed that pilots would have the chance before the airline reissued United stock when it came out of bankruptcy to sell their right to receive any stock in the future. Pilots could authorize the ALPA to sell their interest for the highest possible price. The suit claims that employees who took part in this made substantial profits but that the union officials only gave the option to union members and blocked non members from receiving the information about their option to sell. All information regarding the option to sell as well as the forms that employees would fill out and sign were all located on the ALPA's website which blocked non members from logging on because they did not have valid passwords. The lawsuit claims that union officials unlawfully kept non members from participating in the sell of stock, keeping them from making any profit as a way to send a message to all nonunion employees to join the union. The class action suit is seeking damages for each employee equaling the different in the stock sell price and the price actual trade price of the time it was issued as well as interest. The plaintiffs are also seeking an order stating that the ALPA union breeched its duty of fair representation. The lawsuit filed in Virginia is expected to have over 200 plaintiffs in the class action suit.

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