Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Metro-North Labor Disputes
What it does: The order directs the President to appoint a three-member emergency board and requires parties to submit final settlement offers for the board's review.
- Prevents changes to disputed working conditions until 60 days after the report.
- Forces labor groups and the railroad to submit final settlement offers.
- Places case records under government custody and then with the National Mediation Board.
Summary
This order establishes a three-member emergency board to investigate disputes between Metro-North Commuter Railroad and certain employees represented by listed labor organizations. The board must receive final settlement offers from the parties and report which offer it finds most reasonable.
The order also bars any changes to the disputed working conditions from the time a board request was made until 60 days after the board's report, and it directs that the board's records be kept in government custody and then with the National Mediation Board.
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