Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73
§1108 Concerted economic action
Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - NORTHEAST RAIL SERVICE › § 1108
Summary
People who use coordinated economic pressure in a dispute with Amtrak Commuter or a commuter authority cannot strike Conrail or try to get Conrail employees to stop working if doing so would disrupt Conrail’s freight service. Likewise, people who use coordinated action over Conrail freight disputes cannot strike Amtrak Commuter or commuter authority employees or try to get them to stop working if that would disrupt passenger service. Either kind of action counts as a violation of the Railway Labor Act.
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Title 45, §1108
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(a)Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes with Amtrak Commuter or any commuter authority shall not be entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce any employee of, Conrail, where an effect thereof is to interfere with rail freight service provided by Conrail.
(b)Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes arising out of freight operations provided by Conrail shall not be entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce any employee of, Amtrak Commuter or any commuter authority, where an effect thereof is to interfere with rail passenger service.
(c)Any concerted action in violation of this section shall be deemed to be a violation of the Railway Labor Act [45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.].
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The Railway Labor Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of this title and Tables.
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45 U.S.C. § 1108
Title 45 — Railroads
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73