Executive Order 14077
Executive Order 14077 of July 20, 2022
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
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 list, which is made part of this order.
The disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151–188 (RLA).
I have been notified by the National Mediation Board that in its judgment these disputes threaten substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree that would deprive a section of the country of essential transportation service.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 10 of the RLA (45 U.S.C. 160), it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (Board). There is established, effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 18, 2022, 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. The Board shall report to the President with respect to the disputes within 30 days of its creation.
Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 10 of the RLA, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change in the conditions out of which the disputes arose shall be made by the parties to the controversy, 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 provided for in section 2 of this order.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 15, 2022.
LIST OF PARTIES
Railroads
BNSF Railway Company
CSX Transportation, Inc.
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Alameda Belt Line Railway
Alton & Southern Railway Company
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company d.b.a. C.N.
Brownsville and Matamoros Bridge Company
Cedar River Railroad Company
Central California Traction Company
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company d.b.a. C.P.
Gary Railway Company
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company d.b.a. C.N.
Idaho & Sedalia Transportation Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company d.b.a. C.N.
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
Longview Switching Company
Los Angeles Junction Railway Company
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation
(METRA)
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Palmetto Railways Port Terminal Railroad Association
Portland Terminal Railroad Company
Soo Line Railroad Company d.b.a. C.P.
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Texas City Terminal Railway Company
Union Railroad Company
Western Fruit Express Company
Wichita Terminal Association
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company
Wisconsin Central Ltd. d.b.a. C.N.
Labor Organizations
BMWED/SMART-MD Coalition consisting of:
- Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and
- Transportation Workers - Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department
Coordinated Bargaining Coalition consisting of:
- American Train Dispatchers Association
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
- Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and Helpers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- National Conference of Firemen & Oilers, 32BJ, SEIU
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and
- Transportation Workers - Transportation Division
- Transportation Communications Union/IAM
- Transport Workers Union of America