Southwest Airlines Pilots Union Sues to Block COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
Jack Phillips | October 10, 2021A union representing thousands of Southwest Airlines pilots filed a lawsuit against the carrier after the company announced mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
In a recent court filing, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) asked a judge to grant a temporary injunction against the vaccination mandate while also asking for an immediate hearing on its request before a federal court in Dallas. The union asserts that the Texas-based airline violated terms under the Railway Labor Act with its vaccine mandate.
“The new vaccine mandate unlawfully imposes new conditions of employment and the new policy threatens termination of any pilot not fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021,” the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association’s lawyers wrote in their legal filing. “Southwest Airlines’ additional new and unilateral modification of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is in clear violation of the [Railway Labor Act].” . . .
https://www.theepochtimes.com/southwest-airlines-pilots-union-sues-to-block-covid-vaccination-mandate_4041277.html
Delta pilots have done the same thing. This is encouraging. I am loyal to SWA, but I will have no problem missing flights due to cancellations if the pilots are able to get SWA to back off this policy.