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Executive Order 13429: Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Metro-North Railroad and Its Maintenance of Way Employees Represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

President: George W. Bush

Appointed a second emergency board after parties rejected the first board’s recommendations.

Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13429 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13429 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13429 do?

Board 241 began April 6, 2007. The parties had 30 days to submit final offers, and the board then had 30 days to choose the more reasonable offer; a statutory status-quo period applied. The National Mediation Board lists Board 241’s report on May 15, 2007; the archived report addresses the Metro-North maintenance-of-way dispute.

Administration position: This was the second statutory dispute board, not a general labor rule.
SignedApril 4, 2007
Earlier frameworkEO 13417 established the first Metro-North board; the parties did not accept its recommendations, permitting a second request under Railway Labor Act section 9A(e).
Responsible bodyThree-member Presidential Emergency Board and Metro-North parties
Follow-up evidenceMay 15, 2007: The National Mediation Board lists Board 241’s report on May 15, 2007; the archived report addresses the Metro-North maintenance-of-way dispute.

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13417 established the first Metro-North board; the parties did not accept its recommendations, permitting a second request under Railway Labor Act section 9A(e).

After the order

Board 241 began April 6, 2007. The parties had 30 days to submit final offers, and the board then had 30 days to choose the more reasonable offer; a statutory status-quo period applied.

The National Mediation Board lists Board 241’s report on May 15, 2007; the archived report addresses the Metro-North maintenance-of-way dispute.

What did the signed order change?

EO 13417 established the first Metro-North board; the parties did not accept its recommendations, permitting a second request under Railway Labor Act section 9A(e). Board 241 began April 6, 2007. The parties had 30 days to submit final offers, and the board then had 30 days to choose the more reasonable offer; a statutory status-quo period applied.

What happened later?

National Mediation Board — PEB 241 listing: The National Mediation Board lists Board 241’s report on May 15, 2007; the archived report addresses the Metro-North maintenance-of-way dispute.

What does that evidence establish?

Section 9A of the Railway Labor Act governs the second-board and status-quo procedure. The board ended on reporting. The report date does not establish the final collective-bargaining outcome. Read the signed order for its original terms.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Three-member Presidential Emergency Board and Metro-North partiesReceive final offers, select one in a report and preserve conditions temporarilyUnder the signed order and governing law

What happened next

EO 13429 signed.

The National Mediation Board lists Board 241’s report on May 15, 2007; the archived report addresses the Metro-North maintenance-of-way dispute.

Signed order and follow-up evidence reviewed.