# 2025-18479: President's Emergency Board Tackles LIRR Union Showdown

2025-18479, Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-09-23, effective 2025-09-18 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-18479
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-18479
- Title: Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 45901
- Published: 2025-09-23
- Effective: 2025-09-18
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President's Emergency Board Tackles LIRR Union Showdown

## Summary

The President has set up a special Emergency Board to look into disagreements between the Long Island Rail Road Company and several of its employee unions. This board will investigate and report back within 30 days, helping to keep things running smoothly while the dispute gets sorted out. This move affects workers from five major labor groups and aims to avoid disruptions on the railroad without immediate changes to pay or schedules.

## Effects PRIA read

- 120-Day Freeze on Dispute Changes: benefit, medium. If you are an employee of the Long Island Rail Road represented by the Transportation Communications Union, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, or International Brotherhood of Electrical…
- 30-Day Emergency Board Report Requirement: benefit, low. An Emergency Board of three members was created effective 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 18, 2025 to investigate the disputes and must report to the President within 30 days of its creation.

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## Sources
- [2025-18479 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18479/establishing-an-emergency-board-to-investigate-disputes-between-the-long-island-rail-road-company)
- [2025-18479 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18479.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-18479 (as of 2026-11-04).