Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference, including Consolidated Rail Corporation (including the Clearfield Cluster), Burlington Northern Railroad Co., CSX Transportation Inc., Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago & North Western Railway Co., Kansas City Southern Railway Co., and their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. The railroads involved in these disputes are designated on the attached list, which is made a part of this order.
Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Investigate Railroad Labor Disputes
What it does: A three-member Emergency Board must investigate the railroad labor disputes and report its findings to the President within 30 days.
- Freezes changes to working conditions during the investigation and 30 days after.
- Requires the Board to report its findings to the President within 30 days.
- Places the Board's records in the custody of the National Mediation Board.
Summary
This order creates a three-member Emergency Board to investigate labor disputes between certain railroads and their maintenance workers represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes.
The Board must be appointed by the President, investigate disputes raised in mediation, and report its findings to the President within 30 days.
While the Board examines the disputes and for 30 days after its report, neither the railroads nor the employees may change the conditions that caused the disputes; the National Mediation Board will hold the records.
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