Opinion ID: 559948
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Effect of Prior Arbitration

Text: 9 United argues that Melanson's claim was the subject of a prior arbitration procedure and cannot be raised again in this action. We disagree. The issue before the Board was: 10 Whether the company ha[d] violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement by imposing discipline, up to and including termination, on several of [the] former Pan Am flight attendants, through an unreasonable and arbitrary application of its weight program.... 11 Decision of the System Board of Adjustment, Application of United Weight Program to Former Pan American Flight Attendants 1 (Jan. 16, 1988). The issue in this appeal, however, is different. Rather than alleging a misapplication of a work rule, as she did before the Board, Melanson argues here that United fraudulently induced her to transfer by misrepresenting that the weight requirements would be waived in her case. This issue was not fully litigated before the Board. Again, the real question is whether Melanson's claims are preempted by the RLA.