[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 230 (Friday, November 30, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 67827-67829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5919]



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Part III





The President





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Executive Order 13452--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate 
Disputes Between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and 
Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 230 / Friday, November 30, 2007 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13452 of November 28, 2007

                
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate 
                Disputes Between the National Railroad Passenger 
                Corporation and Certain of Its Employees Represented by 
                Certain Labor Organizations

                Disputes exist between National Railroad Passenger 
                Corporation (Amtrak) and certain of its employees 
                represented by certain labor organizations. The labor 
                organizations involved in these disputes are designated 
                on the attached list, which is made a 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 et seq.) (RLA).

                In the judgment of the National Mediation Board, these 
                disputes threaten substantially to interrupt interstate 
                commerce to a degree that would deprive sections 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 
                standard time on December 1, 2007, a Board of five 
                members to 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.

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                Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the 
                submission of the report provided for in section 2 of 
                this order.
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                LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

                Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

                International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

                International Association of Machinists and Aerospace 
                Workers

                Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen

                Joint Council of Carmen, comprised of the 
                Transportation Communications International Union/
                Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division and the Transport 
                Workers Union of America

                American Train Dispatchers Association

                National Conference of Firemen & Oilers/Service 
                Employees International Union

                Transportation Communications International Union--
                American Railway and Airline Supervisors Association

[FR Doc. 07-5919
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