Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73not60

§183 Disputes Within Jurisdiction of Mediation Board

Title 45 › Chapter 8— RAILWAY LABOR › Subchapter II— CARRIERS BY AIR › § 183

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the National Mediation Board the power to step in when an employee or group of employees has a dispute with one or more airlines. It covers fights about pay, rules, or working conditions that the people involved do not settle, and any other dispute not handled by an adjustment board that is not settled in conference or where conferences are refused. The Board can also offer help if it finds a labor emergency. Its help in these cases can be used in the same way and to the same extent as disputes covered by section 155 of this title.

Full Legal Text

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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60