system board of adjustment

"The Statutory Duty to Create a System Board of Adjustment When the Railway Labor Act (RLA) was amended in 1936 to bring airlines and their employees within its scope, Congress gave the National Mediation Board (NMB) the power to establish a National Air Transport Adjustment Board, along the lines of the National Railway Adjustment Board (NRAB). The purpose of this board would be to resolve “minor” disputes—in other words, disputes between employees and carriers regarding the interpretation and application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions.1 To date, the NMB has not established a national board for the airline industry.
At the same time, however, Congress imposed an obligation to establish individual carrier system boards of adjustment, at least until a National Air Transport Adjustment Board is established by the NMB.2 Section 184 provides, in pertinent part, that “[i]t shall be the duty of every carrier and of its employees, acting through their representatives, . . . to establish a board of adjustment. . . .”3
Few cases have addressed the question of when the duty to create a system board arises. One court has held that there is an obligation to create such a board even in the absence of a representative selected by the employees.4 However, subsequent cases have rejected this view, relying instead on the precise statutory wording
that the duty to establish an adjustment board to resolve “minor”
disputes arises only after an employee representative is voluntarily..."
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SYSTEM BOARDS OF ADJUSTMENT Thomas J. Kassin and Sarah L ...
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" System Board of Adjustment
Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
Transports Conseil de réseau
Fraternité des commis de chemin de fer, de lignes aériennes et de navigation, manutentionnaires de fret, employés de messageries et de gares\. "
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