Where the National Railroad Adjustment Board clearly had jurisdiction and its decision was based on interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement, the union was sanctioned for bringing appeal.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey, Northern District of Illinois.Union Pacific Railroad hired Richard Griff as an operating-craft employee in 1984. Eventually, Griff became a locomotive engineer and, as such, his employment was governed by a collective …