RAILWAY LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTE,

DECEMBER 1970

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 246

TO PROVIDE FOR A TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STRIKES
OR LOCKOUTS WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENT RAILWAY
LABOR-MANAGEMENT DISPUTE

DECEMBER 9, 1970

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

CONTENTS

Text of-

Page

S.J. Res. 246__

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House Document No. 91-424 (message from the President).

Public Law 90-10 (S.J. Res. 65)-.
Public Law 90-13 (H.J. Res. 543).

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

WENDESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1970

Hodgson, Hon. James D., Secretary of Labor, accompanied by W. J. Usery,

Jr., Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Relations; Peter Nash,

Solicitor; and George Ives, Chairman, National Mediation Board----

Dennis, C. L., president, Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks;

Charles Luna, president, United Transportation Union; Harold Crotty,

president, Maintenance of Way Employees; and Richard W. Smith, vice

president, Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders--

Hiltz, John J., chairman, National Railway Labor Conference; accom-

panied by H. E. Greer, director of research, and James Wilcox, general

counsel

STATEMENTS

Dennis, C. L., president, Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks ;

Charles Luna, president, United Transportation Union; Harold Crotty,

president, Maintenance of Way Employees; and Richard W. Smith,

vice president, Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders..

Hiltz, John J., chairman, National Railway Labor Conference; accom-

panied by H. E. Greer, director of research, and James Wilcox, general

counsel

Hodgson, Hon. James D., Secretary of Labor, accompanied by W. J. Usery,
Jr., Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Relations; Peter Nash,
Solicitor; and George Ives, Chairman, National Mediation Board----
Articles, publications, etc.:

Agreement Between the Illinois Central Railroad Co. and the United
Transportation Union__-

Negotiations Between the National Railway Labor Conference

(NRLC) and Eastern, Western & Southeastern Carriers' Confer-

ence Committees and United Transportation Union, Brotherhood

of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex-

press & Station Employees (BRAC), Brotherhood of Maintenance

of Way Employees (BMWE), and Hotel & Restaurant Employees

& Bartenders International Union (HREU).

Monetary Effects of Recommendations of Emergency Board No. 178

on the Nation's Railroads and Members of the United Transporta

tion Union

Communications to-

Dennis, C. L., international president, Brotherhood of Railway, Airline

& Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Em-

ployees, Rosement, Ill., from J. P. Hiltz, Jr., chairman, National

Railway Labor Conference, Washington, D.C., December 1, 1970----

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York,

from President Richard M. Nixon, the White House, Washington,

D.C., December 8, 1970--