Judge: Southwest Employees’ Fingerprint Data Claims Don’t Belong In Federal Court

Mealey's (May 21, 2020, 8:13 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Putative class claims by four airline employees over the collection and use of their fingerprints don’t belong in federal court, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled May 12, holding that three of the employees must proceed before an adjustment board under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) and that the fourth agreed to arbitration (Darrell Crooms, et al. v. Southwest Airlines Co., No. 19-2149, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84360)....