Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Headline: Creates Emergency Board for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Locomotive Engineers Dispute
What it does: The order directs the President to appoint a three-member emergency board to investigate the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority locomotive engineers dispute and report a recommended settlement.
- Requires parties to submit final settlement offers within 30 days.
- Freezes changes to the dispute's conditions until 60 days after report.
- Board records become presidential files and are kept by the National Mediation Board.
Summary
This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate a labor dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its locomotive engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
The board, appointed by the President and effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 13, 2014, must receive final settlement offers within 30 days and then report to the President within 30 days of those offers, choosing the most reasonable offer.
The order freezes changes to the dispute's conditions until 60 days after the board's report and requires the board's records be kept with the National Mediation Board.
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