Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between New Jersey Transit Rail and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Emergency Board Ordered to Resolve New Jersey Transit Rail Disputes
What it does
The order directs the President to appoint a three-member emergency board to investigate and report on the New Jersey Transit employee disputes.
Real-world impact
- Requires unions and transit management to submit final settlement offers within 30 days.
- Freezes changes to working conditions until 60 days after the Board's report.
- Gives a neutral panel authority to select the more reasonable settlement offer.
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Summary
This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate and report on labor disputes between New Jersey Transit Rail and certain employees represented by listed labor organizations. The board becomes effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on November 13, 2015, and board members may not have financial or other interests in the parties.
Parties must submit final settlement offers within 30 days, and the board must choose the most reasonable offer within 30 days after those submissions. The order also prevents changes to the disputed working conditions until 60 days after the board files its report.
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