Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its Conductors Represented by the United Transportation Union
Signed April 10, 2004·George W. Bush·69 FR 19917
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Establishes a three-member emergency board, effective April 12, 2004, under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a labor dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its conductors, who are represented by the United Transportation Union. Board members may not have financial or other interests in railroad labor organizations or carriers. The board must report its findings to the President within 30 days of its creation. For 120 days after the board is formed, neither party may change the conditions that gave rise to the dispute unless both agree. The board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board once the board's work ends. The board terminates automatically upon submitting its report.
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by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 9A of the Act, it is hereby ordered
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See: EO 13351, August 9, 2004
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Executive Order 13334 of April 10, 2004
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a
Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority and its Conductors Represented
by the United Transportation Union
A dispute exists between the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority, and its conductors
represented by the United Transportation Union.
The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the
provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45
U.S.C. 151-188 (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 dispute.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as
President by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, including section 9A of the Act, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board
(“Board”). There is established, effective April 12,
2004, a Board of three members to be appointed by the
President to investigate and report on this dispute. 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 this dispute 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 in
theconditions out of which the dispute arose shall be
made by the parties to the controversy, except by
agreement of the parties.
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 the
submission of the report provided for in section 2 of
this order.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 10, 2004.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed April 10, 2004. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.