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45 U.S.C. § 183

Disputes within jurisdiction of Mediation Board

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The parties or either party to a dispute between an employee or a group of employees and a carrier or carriers by air may invoke the services of the National Mediation Board and the jurisdiction of said Mediation Board is extended to any of the following cases:(a) A dispute concerning changes in rates of pay, rules, or working conditions not adjusted by the parties in conference.(b) Any other dispute not referable to an adjustment board, as hereinafter provided, and not adjusted in conference between the parties, or where conferences are refused.

The National Mediation Board may proffer its services in case any labor emergency is found by it to exist at any time.

The services of the Mediation Board may be invoked in a case under this subchapter in the same manner and to the same extent as are the disputes covered by section 155 of this title.

(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 203, as added Apr. 10, 1936, ch. 166, 49 Stat. 1189.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2026 · leading case: Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ry. Labor Executives' Assn., 491 U.S. 299 (1989).
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Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ry. Labor Executives' Assn., 491 U.S. 299 (1989). · cites it 2× “1189 , 45 U. S. C. § 183 (applying § 5 to airlines).”
Int'l Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Repub. Airlines, 761 F.2d 1386 (9th Cir. 1985). “Although the strike which led to this dispute occurred after the expiration of this agreement, Airwest and the AMFA were in the process of negotiating a new agreement and had invoked the services of the National Mediation Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the…”
Baylis v. Marriott Corp., 843 F.2d 658 (2d Cir. 1988). “45 U.S.C. § 183 . On January 28, 1985 the National Mediation Board notified the parties that in the judgment of the Board all practical methods provided by the RLA for effecting a settlement were exhausted, and released the parties from mediation.”
O'DOnnell v. Pan Am. World Airways, Inc., 200 F.2d 929 (2d Cir. 1953). · cites it 2× “§ 184 ; rather it is a dispute “concerning changes in rates of pay, rules, or working conditions” or “not referable to an adjustment board” and “not adjusted by the parties in conference” under 45 U.S.C. § 183 . Similarly, execution of an award which is about to cause a strike…”
Cafferty v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 488 F. Supp. 1076 (W.D. Mo. 1980). · cites it 2× “There, as in the instant case, a controversy existed between two contending groups of airline employees (pilots), ALPA was caught in the middle (as bargaining agent for all involved employees), and the services of the National Mediation Board were invoked, under 45 U.S.C. § 183…”
Bhd. of Maint. of Way Employees v. Guilford Transp. Indus., Inc., Appeal of Delaware & Hudson Ry. Co., 803 F.2d 1228 (1st Cir. 1986). “§ 182 ), 203 ( 45 U.S.C. § 183 ), 204 ( 45 U.S.C. § 184 ) and 205 ( 45 U.”
Nw. Airlines, Inc. v. Transp. Workers Union, 190 F. Supp. 495 (W.D. Wash. 1961). “45 U.S.C.A. § 183 . The plaintiff contends that until this procedure is followed the defendants may be enjoined.”
Brightline Trains Florida LLC v. Nat'l Mediation Bd. (S.D. Fla. 2026). “” 45 U.S.C. § 183 (a). Importantly, neither section limits the NMB’s jurisdiction to carriers that are subject to the STB.”
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