For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 9, 2001
Executive Order
Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and Its Employees Represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
A dispute exists between Northwest Airlines,
Inc., and its employees represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal
Association.
The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted
under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C.
151-188) (the "Act").
In the judgment of the National Mediation
Board, this dispute threatens substantially to interrupt interstate
commerce to a degree that would deprive sections of the country of
essential transportation service.
NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me
as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including sections 10 and 201 of the Act (45 U.S.C. 160 and 181), it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of
Emergency Board ("Board"). There is established, effective March 12,
2001, a Board of three members to be appointed by the President to
investigate this dispute. No member shall be pecuniarily or
otherwise interested in any organization of airline employees or any
air carrier. The Board shall perform its functions subject
to the availability of funds.
Sec. 2. Report. The
Board shall report to the President with respect to this dispute within
30 days of its creation.
Sec. 3. Maintaining
Conditions. As provided by section 10 of the Act, from the
date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after the Board has
submitted its report to the President, no change in the conditions out
of which the dispute arose shall be made by the parties to the
controversy, except by agreement of the parties.
Sec. 4. Record
Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are records
of the Office of the President and upon the Board's termination shall
be maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.
Sec. 5. Expiration. The
Board shall terminate upon the submission of the report provided for in
sections 2 and 3 of this order.
GEORGE
W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE, March 9, 2001.
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