Parties barred from changing dispute conditions until 60 days after the Board's report

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Parties make no change in the conditions out of which the disputes arose from the time the request to establish the Board was made until 60 days after the Board submits its report, unless they agree otherwise.

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President Donald J. Trump ordered the establishment of a second Emergency Board under section 9A of the Railway Labor Act to investigate disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and several unions, effective 12:01 a.m. EST on January 16, 2026. The three-member Board will receive final offers from the parties within 30 days and must report the most reasonable offer to the President within 30 days after those submissions. During the process, parties must maintain existing conditions for the duration specified by the RLA; Board records will be held by the National Mediation Board and publication costs borne by the Department of Transportation.
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Section 9A(h) of the Railway Labor Act, codified at 45 U.S.C. § 159a(h), states that from the time a request to establish a board is made under subsection (e) until 60 days after that board makes its report under subsection (g), "no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties in the conditions out of which the dispute arose." This language legally prohibits the parties from changing the underlying conditions of the dispute during that period unless both sides agree. The quoted presidential order paraphrases this rule as applying from the request to establish the board until 60 days after the board submits its report, allowing changes only by agreement, which is consistent with the statute. Therefore, the verdict is True because the statement accurately reflects the substance and timing of the prohibition set out in 45 U.S.C. § 159a(h).

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  1. Update · Jan 15, 2026, 05:17 AMTrue
    Section 9A(h) of the Railway Labor Act, codified at 45 U.S.C. § 159a(h), states that from the time a request to establish a board is made under subsection (e) until 60 days after that board makes its report under subsection (g), "no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties in the conditions out of which the dispute arose." This language legally prohibits the parties from changing the underlying conditions of the dispute during that period unless both sides agree. The quoted presidential order paraphrases this rule as applying from the request to establish the board until 60 days after the board submits its report, allowing changes only by agreement, which is consistent with the statute. Therefore, the verdict is True because the statement accurately reflects the substance and timing of the prohibition set out in 45 U.S.C. § 159a(h).
  2. Original article · Jan 14, 2026

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