A bill to amend the Railway Labor Act to promote railway efficiency, to provide increased compensation for railway employees, to decrease the possibility of the disruption of railway transportation.

Summary

Provides that a railroad carrier, under the Railway Labor Act, may make changes regarding rates of pay, rules, and working conditions if: (1) they do not relate principally to the health or safety of employees, (2) any cost savings realized will be shared 50 percent each by the carrier and the operating employees, and (3) any reduction in employees is accomplished by attrition. Provides that lock-outs or strikes or slowdowns will be unlawful actions if taken as a consequence of any dispute, subject to the provision of this Act. Provides that nothing in this Act will prevent the right of any employee to resign from his position of employment. (Adds 45 U.S.C. 160 (b))

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 February 1973

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.