Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between New Jersey Transit Rail and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

2015-07-20Executive Order 13700
Signed by: Barack Obama
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Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate New Jersey Transit Disputes

What it does: The order directs an emergency board to investigate the disputes and report to the President within 30 days.

Real World Impact:
  • Freezes changes to disputed working conditions for 120 days.
  • Requires a formal report to the President within 30 days.
  • Creates a three-member board to investigate the labor dispute.
Topics: labor disputes, public transit, workplace negotiations, federal investigation

Summary

This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate unresolved labor disputes between New Jersey Transit Rail and certain employees represented by listed labor organizations.

The board must report to the President within 30 days, and for 120 days the parties may not change the working conditions that led to the dispute, unless they agree. Board records are part of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after termination.

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