Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Long Island Rail Road Disputes
What it does: The order directs creation of a three-member emergency board to investigate Long Island Rail Road labor disputes and requires the Department of Transportation to pay publication costs.
- Prevents changes to the disputed working conditions for 120 days unless both sides agree.
- Creates a three-member board required to report to the President within 30 days.
- Assigns publication costs to the Department of Transportation and moves board records to the National Mediation Board.
Summary
This order creates a temporary emergency board to investigate labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain employee unions. The board will have three members appointed by the President and must investigate and report to the President.
The board must submit its report within 30 days, and for 120 days the parties may not change the disputed working conditions unless they agree; publication costs are assigned to the Department of Transportation.
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