Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by certain labor organizations. The railroads and labor organizations involved in these disputes are designated on the attached lists, which are made a part of this order.
These disputes have not been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; 45 U.S.C. 151-188 (‘‘the Act’’).
In the judgment of the National Mediation Board, the disputes threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree that would deprive various sections of the country of essential transportation service.
, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 10 of the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1.Creation of Emergency Board.
There is created, effective May 5, 1990, a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate the disputes. No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any railroad 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 these disputes.
Sec. 3.Maintaining Conditions.
From the date of the creation of the board and for 30 days after the board has made its report with respect to these disputes to the President, no change, except by agreement of the parties, shall be made by the railroads or the employees in the conditions out of which the disputes arose.
Sec. 4.Expiration.
The board shall terminate upon the submission of the report referred to in sections 2 and 3 of this order.
, May 3, 1990.
Annex
Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad
Alameda Belt Line Railway
Alton & Southern Railway
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad
Western Fruit Express Company
Canadian National Railways
Great Lakes Region Lines in U.S.
St. Lawrence Region Lines in U.S.
Canadian Pacific Limited
CSX Transportation
Atlanta & West Point Rail Road Western Railway of Alabama
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Hocking Valley Railroad Pere Marquette Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad
Seaboard System Railroad Georgia Railroad (former) Louisville and Nashville Railroad (former) incl. C&EI and Monon Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Nashville Terminal Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (former) Toledo Terminal Railroad Western Maryland Railway
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway
Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
Colorado & Wyoming Railway
Columbia & Cowlitz Railway
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railway
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver Union Terminal Railway
Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway
Illinois Central Railroad
Kansas City Southern Railway
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Milwaukee (Soo Line) - KCS Joint Agency
Kansas City Terminal Railway
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad
Los Angeles Junction Railway
Manufacturers Railway
Meridian & Bigbee Railroad
Minnesota, Dakota & Western Railway
Mississippi Export Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Monongahela Railway
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Oakland Terminal Railway
Ogden Union Railway and Depot Co.
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiagheny Railway
Port Terminal Railroad Association
Portland Terminal Railroad Company
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Sacramento Northern Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Southern Pacific Transportation Co.