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National Mediation Board proposes changes to representation election rules

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 3 2009

The National Mediation Board has proposed significant changes to representation election rules under the Railway Labor Act ("RLA"), which governs labor relations in the airline and railway industries

Supreme Court issues two unanimous decisions affecting labor & employment

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2009

In Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Bhd. of Locomotive Engineers, No. 08-604 (December 8, 2009), the Court unanimously held that a union’s failure to present evidence of efforts to reach a settlement through “conferencing” did not preclude the National Railroad Adjustment Board from exercising jurisdiction over the union’s claim

National Mediation Board reverses 75-year-old policy on union elections

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 12 2010

On May 11, 2010, the National Mediation Board (NMB) published a final regulation making it easier for unions to organize employers in the airline and rail industries

What has happened in 2012

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2012

Aviation Reauthorization

NMB to hold public hearing on proposed rule changes

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2012

The National Mediation Board has announced that it will hold at least one day of public hearings to discuss the agency’s proposed rule that would implement the changes to existing representation dispute and election procedures in the railway and airline industries made by the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

Dockworkers union threatening to strike October 1

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2012

The dockworkers union along the East and Gulf Coasts is threatening to strike on October 1, should there be no agreement with transportation providers by the end of September

National Mediation Board holds public meeting on proposed rule changes

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2012

On Tuesday, the National Mediation Board (NMB) held a public hearing to discuss the agency’s proposed rule that would implement the changes to existing representation dispute and election procedures in the railroad and airline industries made by the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FAA Act