Chicago judge tosses suit against Southwest Airlines on use of fingerprints

A Chicago federal judge has tossed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Southwest Airlines violated the law by requiring that certain employees use fingerprints to sign into and out of work. The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reported that Judge Marvin Aspen concluded a courtroom wasn't the proper venue to resolve what he deemed a relatively minor dispute between unionized workers and a company with a collective bargaining agreement. He said in a decision posted last week that the right… (www.chicagotribune.com) Altro...