Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13001: Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by the Transportation Communications International Union

President: Bill Clinton

Created an emergency board to investigate a national freight-rail dispute involving Transportation Communications International Union employees.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13001 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13001 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13001 do?

EO 13001 created Presidential Emergency Board 228 under Railway Labor Act section 10 after mediation failed in a dispute between railroads represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and TCU-represented employees. It imposed the statutory status quo while a three-member board investigated and reported. The National Mediation Board records the board as created on May 8 and closed on June 23, 1996; its temporary role then ended.

Administration position: The order created a temporary investigation and cooling-off process; it did not permanently set national rail wages or work rules.
SignedMay 8, 1996
BoardPresidential Emergency Board 228
UnionTransportation Communications International Union

Before and after

Before the order

Mediation had not resolved the bargaining dispute and a work stoppage threatened interstate commerce.

After the order

The board produced recommendations while the parties maintained the status quo.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Emergency boardInvestigate and report on the disputeWithin the statutory period
Railroads and unionMaintain the status quoDuring the cooling-off period

What happened next

EO 13001 created PEB 228.

The board closed after completing its work.