Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between The Long Island Rail Road and Certain of Its Employees Represented by the United Transportation Union

President Clinton established a second emergency board to investigate an unresolved labor dispute between the Long Island Rail Road and the United Transportation Union under the Railway Labor Act, after a first emergency board's recommendations were rejected. The board must select the most reasonable final offer within 60 days of its creation, during which time neither party may change working conditions.

Federal Register 59 FR 8113

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Impact dates

Jun 15, 1994
Status quo maintenance period ends (60 days after report)
Apr 16, 1994
Board submits report selecting most reasonable offer
Mar 17, 1994
Parties submit final offers to board

Key directives

Establish three-member emergency board effective February 15, 1994
Parties submit final offers within 30 days of board creation
Board submits report selecting most reasonable offer within 30 days after final offers
Parties maintain status quo conditions from request date through 60 days after report
Board terminates upon report submission

Timeline

Immediate

Emergency board established effective February 15, 1994
Status quo conditions frozen upon board request

Near term (90d)

Final offers due within 30 days of board creation
Board report due within 30 days after final offers submitted
Status quo maintenance continues through 60 days after report

Long term

Board terminates upon report submission
Potential for renewed dispute if parties reject board's selected offer

Risks & tensions

Second emergency board indicates first mediation failed; parties remain deadlocked
Binding selection of 'most reasonable offer' may satisfy neither party, risking post-cooling-off period strike
Vague: exact date of 'request to establish a board' not specified, affecting status quo freeze start date
Board subject to 'availability of funds' could delay operations