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Executive Order 13060: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Amtrak and its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

President: Bill Clinton

Created a temporary emergency board to investigate Amtrak’s dispute with maintenance-of-way employees and preserve the status quo.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13060 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13060 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 13060 do?

EO 13060 established PEB 234 under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act for disputes between Amtrak and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. The board examined wages, work rules and Amtrak’s financial circumstances while statutory status-quo limits applied. It reported on September 21, 1997, and the parties reached a mediated agreement without self-help on November 2.

Administration position: The board recommended a settlement and delayed self-help; it did not itself impose a permanent collective-bargaining agreement.
SignedAugust 21, 1997
BoardPresidential Emergency Board 234
PartiesAmtrak and BMWE

Before and after

Before the order

Mediation had not resolved the dispute and interruption of essential rail service was threatened.

After the order

The board’s report supplied a basis for further negotiations that ended in agreement.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Emergency boardInvestigate and reportCompleted
Amtrak and unionMaintain status quo and negotiateCompleted
National Mediation BoardSupport the statutory processCompleted

What happened next

EO 13060 created PEB 234.

The board submitted its report and closed.

The parties reached a mediated agreement.