# 2026-01061: President Sets Up Second Board to Mediate Rail Road Labor Drama

2026-01061, Establishing a Second 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 2026-01-20, effective 2026-01-16 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01061
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-01061
- Title: Establishing a Second 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: 91 FR 2457
- Published: 2026-01-20
- Effective: 2026-01-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President Sets Up Second Board to Mediate Rail Road Labor Drama

## Summary

The President has set up a second emergency board to help solve ongoing disagreements between the Long Island Rail Road Company and several of its employee unions. This new board started work on January 16, 2026, and will review final settlement offers within 30 days to find a fair solution. This move affects workers and the company, aiming to avoid strikes and keep trains running smoothly without extra costs for now.

## Effects PRIA read

- Second Emergency Board and Deadlines: cost, low. The President created a second Emergency Board effective January 16, 2026, made up of a chair and two members appointed by the President. The parties must submit final settlement offers to the Board within 30 days after the Board is created, and the Board must submit a report selecting the most rea…
- Freeze on Changing Dispute Conditions: cost, low. From the time a request to establish the Board is made until 60 days after the Board submits its report, the parties to the controversy must make no change in the conditions out of which the disputes arose except by agreement of the parties. That no-change period lasts through the 60 days after the…

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## Sources
- [2026-01061 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/20/2026-01061/establishing-a-second-emergency-board-to-investigate-disputes-between-the-long-island-rail-road)
- [2026-01061 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-20/pdf/2026-01061.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01061 (as of 2026-11-04).