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E.O.12950

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

Signed February 22, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 10475

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Establishes a three-member emergency board under section 9A of the Railway Labor Act to investigate labor disputes between Metro North Commuter Railroad and employees represented by a list of labor organizations, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, and several other unions. Board members may not have financial or other interests in any railroad carrier or railroad labor organization. The board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, after which it terminates. For 120 days from the board's creation, neither the carrier nor the employees may change the conditions that gave rise to the disputes, except by mutual agreement. The board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and, once the board dissolves, will be kept in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.

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by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 9A of the Act, it is hereby ordered

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Amended by: EO 12952, February 24, 1995

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Executive Order 12950 of February 22, 1995

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a
Dispute Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its
Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

Disputes exist between Metro North Commuter Railroad
and certain of its employees represented by certain
labor organizations. The labor organizations involved
in these disputes are designated on the attached list,
which is made a part of this order.

The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under
the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45
U.S.C. 151 et seq.) (the “Act”).

A party empowered by the Act has requested that the
President establish an emergency board pursuant to
section 9A of the Act (45 U.S.C. 159a).

Section 9A(c) of the Act provides that the President,
upon such request, shall appoint an emergency board to
investigate and report on the disputes.

NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as
President by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including section 9A of the
Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:

    Section 1. Establishment of the Board. There is
established effective February 22, 1995, a board of
three members to be appointed by the President to
investigate these disputes. No member shall be
pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization
of railroad employees or any carrier. The board shall
perform its functions subject to the availability of
funds.
    Sec. 2. Report. The board shall report to the
President with respect to the disputes within 30 days
of its creation.
    Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by
section 9A(c) of the Act, from the date of the creation
of the board and for 120 days thereafter, no change,
except by agreement of the parties, shall be made by
the carrier or the employees in the conditions out of
which the disputes arose.
    Sec. 4. Records Maintenance. The records and files
of the board are records of the Office of the President
and upon the board's termination shall be maintained in
the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.
    Sec. 5. Expiration. The board shall terminate upon
submission of the report provided for in section 2 of
this order.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    February 22, 1995.

                               LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
                                        Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
                                        Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers--American Train
                                         Dispatchers Division
                                        Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
                                        International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron
                                         Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
                                        International Association of Machinists & Aerospace
                                         Workers
                                        International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
                                        International Brotherhood of Teamsters
                                        Transportation Communications International Union--
                                         ARASA
                                        Sheet Metal Workers International Union
                                        Transport Workers Union of America
                                        United Transportation Union

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