Volume 81
Public Law 90–10
To extend the period for making no change of conditions under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act applicable in the current dispute between the railroad carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.
Approved April 12, 1967
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To extend the period for making no change of conditions under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act applicable in the current dispute between the railroad carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.
Whereas disputes exist between the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers; Sheet Metal Workers International Association; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America; International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers functioning through the Railway Employees’ Department, AFL-CIO, labor organizations; and
Whereas the President of the United States, pursuant to the provisions
32 F. R. 1075.
of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, by Executive Order No. 11324 of January 28, 1967, created an Emergency Board to investigate these disputes and report its findings; and
Whereas the Emergency Board has reported and the statutory period for making no change of conditions, as extended by agreement of the parties, is about to expire, without the parties having resolved the issues in dispute, thereby continuing to threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive the country of essential transportation services; and
Whereas it is essential to the national interest, including the national health and defense, that essential transportation services be maintained: and
Whereas the Congress finds that an emergency measure is essential to security and continuity of transportation services by such carriers; and
Whereas it is desirable to achieve the above objectives in a manner conducive to resolution of the disputes through collective bargaining: Therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the provisions of the final paragraph of section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160) shall lie extended for an additional period with respect to the disputes referred to in Executive Order No. 11324 of January 28, 1967, so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the carriers represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, or by their employees, in the conditions out of which such disputes arose prior to 12:01 a.m. of May 3, 1967.
Approved April 12, 1967.