Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

2024-07-29Executive Order 14125
Signed by: Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate New Jersey Transit Dispute

What it does: The order directs the President to appoint a three-member emergency board to investigate the dispute and report to the President within 30 days.

Real World Impact:
  • Prevents either party from changing dispute-related working conditions for 120 days.
  • Requires a three-member board to investigate and deliver a report within 30 days.
  • Places the board's records into the custody of the National Mediation Board after termination.
Topics: labor dispute, rail transportation, mediation, collective bargaining

Summary

This order creates an emergency board to investigate a labor dispute between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and its locomotive engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.

The board will consist of a chair and two members appointed by the President, must report to the President within 30 days, and will operate subject to the availability of funds.

For 120 days the parties may not change the conditions that gave rise to the dispute, and the board's records will be kept by the National Mediation Board after termination.

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