Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

1996-11-20Executive Order 13027
Signed by: William J. Clinton
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Headline: Establishes Emergency Board to Resolve Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Dispute

What it does: An emergency three-member board must be appointed to investigate the dispute, receive final offers within 30 days, and report its selection within 30 days.

Real World Impact:
  • Creates a three-member emergency board to investigate the labor dispute.
  • Requires both sides to submit final settlement offers within 30 days.
  • Prohibits changes to the disputed working conditions until 60 days after the board reports.
Topics: labor dispute, public transit, federal mediation, government procedure

Summary

This order creates a three-member emergency board to investigate a labor dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and certain employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The board must be appointed by the President and will operate under set deadlines: each side must submit final settlement offers within 30 days, and the board must report its selection within 30 days after that. The order also prevents changes to the disputed working conditions until 60 days after the board reports.

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