Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Signed January 14, 2026·Donald Trump·91 FR 2457
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Establishes a second Emergency Board, effective January 16, 2026, to investigate unresolved labor disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and employees represented by the Transportation Communications Union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, under the Railway Labor Act. This follows an earlier board created by Executive Order 14349, whose recommendations were not accepted by all parties. The new three-member Board, appointed by the President, must have no financial interest in any railroad or labor organization. Within 30 days of its creation, parties must submit final settlement offers, and the Board must report to the President within 30 days after that. Parties must maintain existing conditions until 60 days after the report is submitted. The Board's records will be kept by the National Mediation Board, and it terminates once its report is delivered. The Department of Transportation will cover publication costs.
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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 RLA, it is hereby ordered
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See: EO 14349, September 16, 2025
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Executive Order 14374 of January 14, 2026
Establishing a Second Emergency Board To
Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road
Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by
Certain Labor Organizations
Disputes exist between the Long Island Rail Road
Company and certain of its employees represented by
certain labor organizations. The labor organizations
involved in these disputes are the Transportation
Communications Union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Railroad
Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers, and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under
the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45
U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA).
An emergency board to investigate and report on these
disputes was established on September 18, 2025, by
Executive Order 14349 of September 16, 2025
(Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate
Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and
Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor
Organizations). That emergency board terminated upon
submission of its report to the President.
Subsequently, its recommendations were not accepted by
all of the parties.
A party empowered by the RLA has requested that the
President establish a second emergency board pursuant
to section 9A of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 159a).
Section 9A(e) of the RLA provides that the President,
upon such request, shall appoint a second 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, including section 9A of the RLA, it is
hereby ordered:
Section 1. Establishment of a Second Emergency Board
(Board). There is established, effective 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time on January 16, 2026, a Board
composed of a chair and two other members, all of whom
shall be appointed by the President to investigate and
report on 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. As provided by section 9A(f) of the
RLA, within 30 days after the creation of the Board,
the parties to the disputes shall submit to the Board
final offers for settlement of the disputes. As
provided by section 9A(g) of the RLA, within 30 days
after the submission of final offers for settlement of
the disputes, the Board shall submit a report to the
President setting forth the Board's selection of the
most reasonable offer.
Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section
9A(h) of the RLA, from the time a request to establish
the Board is made until 60 days after the Board submits
its report to the President, the parties to the
controversy shall make no change in the conditions out
of which the disputes arose 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 to the President provided for
in section 2 of this order.
Sec. 6. Costs of Publication. The costs for publication
of this order shall be borne by the Department of
Transportation.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 14, 2026.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed January 14, 2026. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.