Executive Order 13711: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between New Jersey Transit Rail and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
President: Barack Obama
Created a second Presidential Emergency Board to investigate the unresolved NJ Transit Rail labor disputes.
Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 13711 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13711 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13711 do?
EO 13711 invoked section 9A of the Railway Labor Act after the first board did not produce a settlement. A new three-member board reviewed the dispute between NJ Transit Rail Operations and represented employees while another strike and lockout delay applied. The board reported in early 2016, and the parties announced a tentative agreement in March 2016, ending the immediate crisis.
Before and after
Before the order
The first emergency-board process ended without a final settlement.
After the order
A second report and cooling-off period supported the agreement reached in 2016.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency board | Investigate and report | Completed |
| Carrier and unions | Maintain status quo and negotiate | Completed |
| National Mediation Board | Administer the process | Completed |
What happened next
EO 13711 created Board 249.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
Railway Labor Act section 9A governs commuter-rail boards. Recommendations require agreement or other valid legal action to become binding.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- NMB — Emergency Board 249 report (opens in a new tab) Official record
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