§ 151a. General purposes

Legislative history

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1. 1926

   Railway Labor Act

   Pub. L. 69–347 § 2 · 44 Stat. 577

   Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 151a

   May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 2, 44 Stat. 577

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 2, 44 Stat. 577

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. general duties First. It shall be the duty of all earners, their officers, Agreements by carriers and employees as to rates of pay, etc. agents, and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the employees thereof. Second. Conferences by their representatives to speedily consider, etc., disputes. All disputes between a carrier and its employees shall be considered, and, if possible, decided, with all expedition, in conference between representatives designated and authorized so to confer, respectively, by the carriers and by the employees thereof interested in the dispute. Third. Designation of representatives. Representatives, for the purposes of this Act, shall be designated by the respective parties in such manner as may be provided in their corporate organization or unincorporated association, or by other means of collective action, without interference, influence, or coercion exercised by either party over the self-organization or designation of representatives by the other. Fourth. Representatives to specify time and place for conference in case of disputes as to grievances, etc. In case of a dispute between a carrier and its employees, arising out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions, it shall be the duty of the designated representative or representatives of such carrier and of such employees, within ten days after the receipt of notice of a desire on the part of either party to confer in respect to such dispute, to specify a time and place at which such Provisos. Convenience of place. conference shall be held; Provided, (1) That the place so specified shall be situated upon the railroad line of the carrier involved unless Time limit. otherwise mutually agreed upon; and (2) that the time so specified shall allow the designated conferees reasonable opportunity to reach Agreements in effect not superseded. such place of conference, but shall not exceed twenty days from the receipt of such notice: And provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to supersede the provisions of any agreement (as to conferences) then in effect between the parties. Fifth. Considering changes in pay, etc. Post, p. 582. Disputes concerning changes in rates of pay, rules, or working conditions shall be dealt with as provided in section 6 and in other provisions of this Act relating thereto.

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