American Airlines Sues Unions, Accusing Workers of Slowdown

American Airlines Sues Unions, Accusing Workers of Slowdown
An American Airlines plane sits on the tarmac at Philadelphia International Airport, in Philadelphia, Pa., on Nov. 4, 2018. Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images
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FORT WORTH, Texas—American Airlines is accusing its mechanics and their unions of conducting an illegal work slowdown to gain leverage in contract talks, and the airline is asking a federal judge to stop the activity.

The airline says mechanics have caused about 900 cancellations or long delays since early February by taking an unusually long time to repair planes and by refusing to work overtime.