Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Soo Line Railroad Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union
Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Railroad Labor Dispute
What it does
The order directs the President to appoint a three-member emergency board to investigate the dispute and report within 30 days.
Real-world impact
- Creates a temporary, independent investigation by a three-member board.
- Prevents parties from changing disputed working conditions during the investigation.
- Aims to avoid interruption of interstate commerce and loss of essential rail service.
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Summary
This order creates a three-member emergency board, appointed by the President, to investigate a labor dispute between the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain employees represented by the United Transportation Union. The board must report to the President within 30 days.
While the board investigates, the parties may not change the conditions at the center of the dispute, except by agreement. The order seeks to prevent a serious interruption of interstate commerce and loss of essential transportation service, and it places the board's records in the Office of the President, later held by the National Mediation Board.
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