October 26, 2021
A Texas federal judge denied a pilot union's request that Southwest Airlines cease its pandemic policies such as a vaccine mandate and quarantine rules, saying Tuesday that the airline's actions are justified under the collective bargaining agreement and that the dispute is subject to arbitration under federal labor law.
October 19, 2021
Southwest Airlines asked a Texas federal court to deny a pilot union's request that the airline cease its pandemic-related policies, calling the motion "extraordinary" and saying the airline is not required to bargain with the union over the federal vaccine mandate.
August 31, 2021
Southwest Airlines used the COVID-19 pandemic to drastically expand its powers to change pilots' working conditions without bargaining with their union, the union argued in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.