Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and Its Employees Represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Northwest Airlines Aircraft Mechanics Dispute
What it does: A presidentially appointed three-member emergency board must investigate the labor dispute and report to the President within 30 days.
- Freezes contract changes or work stoppages during investigation and 30 days after report.
- Requires Northwest Airlines and mechanics' union to submit to federal investigation.
- Aims to prevent interruption of interstate air transportation to affected regions.
Summary
This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate a labor dispute between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics' union. The board was established effective March 12, 2001 and must report to the President.
While the board investigates, the parties may not change the conditions that caused the dispute, and that restriction continues for 30 days after the board's report. The order says the dispute threatens interstate commerce and essential transportation service.
Board records become presidential records and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the board ends.
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