Railway Strikes and Lockouts: A Study of Arbitration and Conciliation Laws of the Principal Countries of the World Providing Machinery for the Peaceable Adjustment of Disputes Between Railroads and Their Employees, and Laws of Certain Countries for the Prevention of Strikes

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 367 pages

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Page 136 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 141 - The Mediation Board may proffer its services in case any labor emergency is found by it to exist at any time. In either event the said Board shall promptly put itself in communication with the parties to such controversy, and shall use its best efforts, by mediation, to bring them to agreement.
Page 147 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 137 - Shall fix a period from the date of the appointment of the arbitrator or arbitrators necessary to complete the board (as provided for in the agreement) within which the said board shall commence its hearings ; (i) Shall fix a period from the beginning of the hearings within which the said board shall make and file its award : Provided, That the parties may agree at any time upon an extension of this period...
Page 139 - ... court of appeals. In such case only such portion of the record shall be transmitted to the appellate court as is necessary to the proper understanding and consideration of the questions of law presented by said petition and to be decided.
Page 138 - Board to cause a notice in writing to be served upon said arbitrators, notifying them of their appointment, requesting them to meet promptly to name the remaining arbitrator or arbitrators necessary to complete the Board...
Page 131 - ... advise the respective parties what, if anything, ought to be done or submitted to by either or both to adjust said dispute, and make a written decision thereof.
Page 170 - Trade or by some other person or body, with a view to the amicable settlement of the difference ; (c) on the application of employers or workmen interested, and after taking into consideration the existence and adequacy of means available for conciliation in the district or trade and the circumstances of the case, appoint a person or persons to act as conciliator or as a Board of Conciliation. (d) on the application of both parties to the difference, appoint an arbitrator.
Page 149 - Territory, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States...
Page 255 - No proof shall be required of the handwriting or official position of any person certifying, in pursuance of this Act, to the truth of any copy of or extract from any proclamation, order, or regulation.

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