Executive Order 13027: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
President: Bill Clinton
Created the second statutory emergency board in the SEPTA–locomotive engineers dispute after the first board did not produce settlement.
Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13027 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13027 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13027 do?
EO 13027 established PEB 232 under Railway Labor Act section 9A at a party’s request after PEB 231. The three-member board investigated the same SEPTA dispute and issued recommendations while statutory settlement procedures and status-quo limits applied. The National Mediation Board records it as created on November 15, 1996 and closed on February 27, 1997.
Before and after
Before the order
PEB 231 had reported but the commuter-rail dispute remained unresolved.
After the order
A second report and statutory process gave the parties another route toward settlement.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency board | Investigate and report | Completed |
| SEPTA and union | Observe statutory status-quo rules | During the process |
What happened next
EO 13012 created PEB 231.
EO 13027 created PEB 232.
PEB 232 closed.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
Section 9A provides special procedures for publicly funded commuter rail. Recommendations do not automatically become a collective-bargaining agreement.
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