Railway Labor Act

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
April 23 — April 27, 2012

MEDIATION/ADR

New Dockets:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator(s)
A-13657	Metro North	IBEW	Supervisors & Foremen	Tosi/McGuckin
A-13658	Metro North	NCFO/SEIU	Laborers	Tosi/McGuckin

Mediation Cases Assigned/Reassigned:  None

Meetings, Training and Facilitation:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Location	Mediator(s)
A-13617	Ryan Air	AFA	Chicago, IL	Gray
A-13472 A-13491	American Eagle	TWU	DFW, TX	Livingood
A-13606	Air Wisconsin	AFA	Kansas City, MO	Kane
A-13630	Piedmont	CWA	Philadelphia, PA	Kelliher
A-13589 A-13590	UAL	ALPA	Chicago, IL	McGuckin/Sims
A-13600	Republic	IBT	NMB	Mackenzie/Sims
A-13637	British Air	IAM	Jacksonville, FL	Tosi

Settlements:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator(s)
A-13618	Pan Handle Northern RR	BLET	TA Ratified	Tosi
A-13592	NCCC	BMWE	TA Ratified	Brown

Cooling-Off Periods/Strike Activity:  None

REPRESENTATION

New Applications:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp.-Craft or Class	Investigator
R-7326	New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway	BLET New Orleans & Gulf Coast Trainmen’s Union	8-Train & Engine Service Employees	Hennessey

Ballot Instructions Mailed:  None

Elections Underway:  None

Cases Closed:  None

ARBITRATION (estimates)
October 1, 2011 through April 27, 2012

	Cases Pending at Start of FY2011	New Cases	Closed Cases	Cases Currently Pending
NRAB	1,233	547	467	1,313
PLB	964	1,740	1,091	1,613
SBA	187	153	168	172
	2,384	2,440	1,726	3,098

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
June 11 — June 15, 2012

MEDIATION/ADR

New Dockets:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator(s)
T-0282	CSX			Rainey/Darr/Nordgren
T-0283		IAM	Assorted	Sims/Hedges
T-0284	Korean Delegation			Gray/Mullins
GM-0120	Union Pacific RR	BLET	Engineers	Kelliher
F-0127	Department of Labor			Brown/Mullins

Mediation Cases Assigned/Reassigned:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Mediator(s)
A-13663	Illinois Central RR Company	BRS	Kane
A-13664	Grand Trunk Western Railroad	BRS	Kane
A-13665	Wisconsin Central Transportation	BRS	Kane
A-13666	Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad	BRS	Kane
A-13667	Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co.	BRS	Kane

Meetings, Training and Facilitation:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Location	Mediator(s)
A-13626	Compass	AFA	Houston, TX	Darr
A-13589-90	CAL/UAL	ALPA	New York, NY	McGuckin/Sims
A-13609	PSA	ALPA	San Antonio, TX	Mackenzie
A-13527-32	UAL	IAM	Rosemont, IL	Kelliher/Nordgren

Settlements:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator(s)
A-13634	Continental	IAM	Gray	TA Ratified

Cooling-Off Periods/Strike Activity:  None

REPRESENTATION

New Applications:  None

Ballot Instructions Mailed:  None

Elections Underway:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp.-Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-7326	New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway	NOGCTU BLET	17-Train & Engine Service Employees	6/28/2012	Hennessey

Cases Closed:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
R-7323	United Air Lines	IAM	53-Maintenance Instructors	Certification
R-7329	Aircraft Service international	SEIU	210-Fleet Service Employees	Dismissal — Withdrawn During Investigation

ARBITRATION (estimates)
October 1, 2011 through June 15, 2012

	Cases Pending at Start of FY2011	New Cases	Closed Cases	Cases Currently Pending
NRAB	1,233	657	576	1,314
PLB	964	2,157	1,576	1,545
SBA	187	163	217	133
	2,384	2,977	2,369	2,992

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
November 22- 26, 2004

MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

New Dockets:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator(s)
A-13345	Metro-North Railroad	SEIU-NCFO	Shop Laborers	TBD

Settlements:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator(s)
A-13283	Kiamichi Railroad (Train Dispatchers)	ATDA	Ratified	Kane
A-13284	Kiamichi Railroad (Engine Service)	ATDA	Ratified	Kane
A-13285	Kiamichi Railroad (MOW)	ATDA	Ratified	Kane

Cooling-Off Periods / Strike Activity: None.

REPRESENTATION:

New Applications: None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator

Ballot Instructions Mailed: None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator

Elections Underway:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-7026	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IBT-CWA Piedmont Customer Service	2,096 — Fleet and Passenger Service Employees	12/06/04	Dowling
R-7027	Corporate Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Connection	IBT	63 — Pilots	12/8/04	Hennessey
R-7028	New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company, Inc.	BLET	14 — Train and Engine Service Employees	12/10/04	Fisher

Cases Closed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
R-7030	Columbus and Greenville Railway Co.	TOPS	Train and Engine Service Employees	Certification

ARBITRATION:

	Cases Pending at Start of FY-2005	New Cases	Cases Closed	Cases Currently Pending
PLB	3039	524	209	3354
SBA	387	151	74	464
NRAB	1484	96	82	1498
Total Cases	4910	771	365	5316

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
November 29 — December 3, 2004

MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

New Dockets:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator(s)
A-13346	Chestnut Ridge Railway	UTU	Train & Engine Service	Hanusz
A-13347	Metro-North Railroad	IBT	Shop Laborers	Cognata, Hedges

Settlements: None.

Cooling-Off Periods / Strike Activity: None.

REPRESENTATION:

New Applications: None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator

Ballot Instructions Mailed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator
R-7031	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	335 — Mechanics and Related Employees	Hennessey
R-7032	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	31 — Stock Clerks	Hennessey
R-7033	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	16 — Dispatchers	Hennessey

Elections Underway:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-7026	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IBT-CWA Piedmont Customer Service Employees Alliance	2,096 — Fleet and Passenger Service Employees	12/06/04	Dowling
R-7027	Corporate Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Connection	IBT	63 — Pilots	12/8/04	Hennessey
R-7028	New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company, Inc.	BLET	14 — Train and Engine Service Employees	12/10/04	Fisher
R-7031	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	335 — Mechanics and Related Employees	12/21/04	Hennessey
R-7032	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	31 — Stock Clerks	12/21/04	Hennessey
R-7033	Piedmont Airlines, Inc.	IAM-IBT	16 — Dispatchers	12/21/04	Hennessey

Cases Closed: None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition

ARBITRATION:

	Cases Pending at Start of FY-2005	New Cases	Cases Closed	Cases Currently Pending
PLB	3039	542	253	3328
SBA	387	156	80	463
NRAB	1484	139	110	1513
Total Cases	4910	837	443	5304

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
October 22 — October 26, 2012

MEDIATION/ADR

New Dockets:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator(s)
A-13680	Ground Handling	IBT	Customer Service Agents	Pending
A-13681	Nebraska, KS & CO RW	UTU	Engineer & Conductor	Pending
A-13682	Georgia Florida RW	UTU	Engineer & Conductor	Pending
A-13683	Alabama & TN River RW	UTU	Engineer & Conductor	Pending
A-13684	Georgia & Florida RW	UTU	Maintenance of Way	Pending
GM-0121	Illinois Central	BLET	Labor Relations Officer	Kelliher
T-0293	Illinois Central	BLET	Labor Relations Officer	Kelliher

Mediation Cases Assigned/Reassigned:  None

Meetings, Training and Facilitation:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Location	Mediator(s)
A-13557	CommutAir	IAM	Cleveland, OH	Gray
T-0286	Compass	ALPA	Minneapolis, MN	Darr/Mackenzie
A-13626	Compass	AFA	Houston, TX	Darr
A-13583	LIRR	NCFO	New York, NY	Livingood
A-13679	North American Air	IBT	New York, NY	McGuckin
F-0129	Pinnacle	ALPA	Minneapolis, MN	Mackenzie
GM-0064	Piedmont	AFA	Salisbury, MD	Livingood

Settlements:  None

Cooling-Off Periods/Strike Activity:  None

REPRESENTATION

New Applications:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp.-Craft or Class	Investigator
R-7342	Allegiant Airlines	IBT	19-Flight Dispatchers	Parker

Ballot Instructions Mailed:  None

Elections Underway:  None

Cases Closed:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
R-7335	Sand Springs Railway Company	BMWED/ Javier Gomez-Rodriguez	2- Maintenance of Way Employees	Dismissal

ARBITRATION (estimates)
October 1, 2011 through September 28, 2012

	Cases Pending at Start of FY2012	New Cases	Closed Cases	Cases Currently Pending
NRAB	1,233	884	788	1,329
PLB	964	2,496	2,569	891
SBA	187	181	280	88
	2,384	3,561	3,637	2,308

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT

December 11-15, 2000

MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

New Dockets:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator
A-13136	Executive Jet	IBT	Pilots	TBD
A-13137	I & M Rail Link	TCU	Carmen and Laborers	TBD

Settlements:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator
A-13118	International Total Services	SEIU	Tentative Agreement	Oppenberg
A-13094	San Joaquin Valley Railroad	UTU	Ratified	Oppenberg

Strike Activity: None

REPRESENTATION:

New Applications:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Proposed Craft or Class	Sr. Hearing Officer	Investigator
R-6794	Continental Airlines, Inc.	TWU	Flight Simulator Technicians	Hennessey	Hennessey
R-6795	St. Louis Helicopter Airways, Inc.	OPEIU	Flight Deck Crew Members	Rogers	Rogers
CR-6709	Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.	UTU-CSCDSC	Crew Dispatchers and Customer Service Employees	Johnson	Fisher

Ballots Mailed: None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp.-Craft or Class	Sr. Hearing Officer	Investigator

Elections Underway:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Employees- Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-6782	SEPTA	BLE-UTU	350-Conductors and Asst. Conductors	12/29/00	Fisher
R-6784	Montana Rail Link, Inc.	ATDD-BLE	42-Train Dispatchers	12/19/00	Mansfield
R-6789	National Airlines	IBT	70-Mechanics and Related Employees	01/05/01	Mansfield

Cases Closed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
R-6796 (CR-6697)	US Airways, Inc.	IAM	Planners and Technical Specialists	Findings Upon Investigation- Dismissal
R-6797 (CR-6704)	US Airways, Inc.	IAM	Ground Support Equipment Technical Supervisors	Findings Upon Investigation-Dismissal

ARBITRATION SERVICES for Week of 12/04/00 — 12/08/00

PLB’S, SBA’S, etc.
	Boards established	Arbitrators appointed to Existing boards	New cases added to boards	Board(s) closed	Case(s) closed
Public Law Boards	0	0	0	0	0
Special Boards of Adjustment	0	0	0	0	0
Boards	0	0	0	0	0

NRAB
	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Referee(s) assigned	0	0	0	0
Cases assigned	0	0	0	0
Awards adopted	0	0	0	0
Interpretations	0	0	0	0
New cases received	4	2	18	0
Cases withdrawn	0	0	0	0

Arbitrator Panels and Roster
Railroad panels furnished	Airline panels furnished	New Arbitrator(s) added to NMB roster
0	0	0

ARBITRATION SERVICES for Week of 12/11/00 — 12/15/00

PLB’S, SBA’S, etc.
	Boards established	Arbitrators appointed to Existing boards	New cases added to boards	Board(s) closed	Case(s) closed
Public Law Boards	0	0	78	0	3
Special Boards of Adjustment	0	0	6	0	0
Boards	0	0	0	0	0

NRAB
	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4
Referee(s) assigned	0	0	0	0
Cases assigned	0	0	0	0
Awards adopted	0	0	0	0
Interpretations	0	0	0	0
New cases received	4	2	21	0
Cases withdrawn	0	0	0	0

Arbitrator Panels and Roster
Railroad panels furnished	Airline panels furnished	New Arbitrator(s) added to NMB roster
0	0	0

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT

June 30 — July 4, 2003

MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

New Dockets:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Mediator
A-13264	Springfield Terminal RW	UTU	Shop Laborers	Brown

Settlements: None

Cooling-Off Periods / Strike Activity:

Case Nos.	Carrier	Org.	Craft(s)/Class(es)	Status
A-13212 A-13213 A-13214	Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad	BRS	Locomotive Engineers; Signalmen; Maintenance of Way	Cooling off period expires 12:01 a.m., July 18, 2003
A-13141	Pan American Airways	AFA	Flight Attendants	Cooling off period expires 12:01 a.m., July 24, 2003

REPRESENTATION:

New Applications:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Sr. Counsel/Counsel	Investigator
R-6950	USA 3000 Air	IBT	23 — Mechanics and Related Employees	Pequignot	Pequignot

 

Ballot Instructions Mailed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Sr. Counsel/Counsel	Investigator
R-6946	St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad	IBT-IBLE	25 — Train and Engine Service Employees	Rosenthal	Rosenthal

 

Elections Underway:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-6933	United Airlines, Inc.	IBT-AMFA	14,000 — Mechanics and Related Employees	07/14/03	Johnson
R-6938	Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Ltd.	BMWE	55 — Maintenance of Way Employees	07/08/03	Rosenthal
R-6946	St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad	IBT-IBLE	25 — Train and Engine Service Employees	07/31/03	Rosenthal

 

Cases Closed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
CJ-6783	Signature Flight Support of Nevada	IAM	Mechanics and Related Employees	Jurisdictional Opinion

ARBITRATION:

	Cases Pending at Start of FY-2003	New Cases	Cases Closed	Cases Currently Pending
PLB	3265	2527	2134	3658
SBA	714	477	637	554
NRAB	2023	681	626	2078
Total Cases	6002	3685	3397	6290

 

 

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
June 15 – June 19, 2015

MEDIATION/ADR

New Dockets:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Mediator(s)
A-13788	METRA	NCFO	Laborers	Livingood
A-13789	METRA	SMART	Sheet Metal Workers	Livingood

Mediation Cases Assigned/Reassigned:  None

Meetings, Training and Facilitation:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Location	Mediator(s)
A-13716	Kalitta Air	IBT	Detroit, MI	Kane
T-0348	Dominican		Chicago, IL	Kelliher, Hedges, McCann, Durham, Gray
A-13778	Republic	IBT	NMB	Brown, Puchala
A-13720	UAL	IBT	Las Vegas, NV	McGuckin
F-0139	UAL	AFA	WDC	Mackenzie
A-13767	FedEx	ALPA	Memphis, TN	Tosi
A-13785	NetJets	NJASAP	Columbus, OH	Gray
F-0141	CSX	BRS	Jacksonville, FL	Sims
A-13768	UPS	IBT	Louisville, KY	Livingood

Settlements:  

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator(s)
A-13765-66	Florida East Coast Railway	SMART	TA Ratified	Gray

Cooling Off Periods/Strike Activity:  None

REPRESENTATION

New Applications:  None

Ballot Instructions Mailed:  None

Elections Underway:  None

Cases Closed:  None

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06-19-12:  Public Hearing

Prepared Statements

• Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA)
• Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
• Transportation Trades Department (TTD, AFL-CIO)
• Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)

Official Hearing Transcript

Video of Live Hearing

Comments

• 08-02-12:  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
• 08-02-12:  U.S. House of Representatives – Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  [Chairmen Mica, Petri and Members Duncan, Graves, Shuster, Schmidt, Cravaack]
• 08-06-12:  Congress of the United States
  [Senators Reid, Harkin and Rockefeller]
• 08-06-12:  Association of Flight Attendants – CWA
• 08-06-12:  Airlines for America and Regional Airline Association
• 08-06-12:  National Railway Labor Conference
• 08-06-12:  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
• 08-06-12:  Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
• 08-06-12:  Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO
• Undated:  International Brotherhood of Teamsters