§179 Injunctions during national emergency; adjustment efforts by parties during injunction period

Summary

When a district court blocks actions in a labor dispute because they threaten the nation's health or safety, the people involved must try hard to settle their differences with help from the Service created by this chapter. Neither side has to accept any settlement proposal from the Service. After the court order, the President must call back the board of inquiry that already reported on the dispute. If the dispute is not settled within a 60-day period, that board must report to the President the parties’ current positions, what settlement efforts were made, each party’s statement, and the employer’s last offer. The President must make that report public. Within the next 15 days the National Labor Relations Board must hold a secret vote of the employees of each employer involved on whether they accept the employer’s final offer as stated, and must send the vote results to the Attorney General within 5 days after the vote.