Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73
§183 Disputes within jurisdiction of Mediation Board
Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - RAILWAY LABOR › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CARRIERS BY AIR › § 183
Summary
An employee or a group of employees and an airline can ask the National Mediation Board to help settle certain labor disputes. The Board can take cases about pay, rules, or working conditions that were not fixed in conference. It also covers other disputes not for an adjustment board or where conferences were refused. The Board may act in a labor emergency, and its help can be used in the same way and to the same extent as disputes covered by section 155.
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Title 45, §183
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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.
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Citation
45 U.S.C. § 183
Title 45 — Railroads
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73