Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between The Long Island Rail Road and Certain of Its Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union
Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Long Island Rail Road Dispute
What it does: The order directs a three-member emergency board to investigate the Long Island Rail Road labor dispute and report the most reasonable final offer to the President.
- Creates a three-member board to investigate the railroad labor dispute.
- Requires final settlement offers to be submitted to the board within 30 days.
- Prohibits changes to the disputed working conditions until 60 days after report.
Summary
This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate a labor dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and certain employees represented by the United Transportation Union.
The parties must submit final settlement offers to the board within 30 days, and the board must report to the President within 30 days after receiving those offers, selecting the most reasonable offer.
No changes to the conditions at issue may be made from the request date until 60 days after the board's report, and the board ends when it files its report.
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