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Following two work stoppages and two Congressional interventions in two years, it is time to take a thorough look at the requirements, procedures, and processes of collective bargaining under the […]

In rummaging through the pages of history, something struck me very quickly: In 1876, when the Railway Age logo appeared for the first time, a "Lines on Labor" column would […]

The hour was late, and the bartender was checking his watch. Inevitably, the conversation turned to one of those deep, philosophical questions that arise so easily after midnight. No, it […]

Come 1996, the Railway Labor Act will be 70 years old. There are those in management and Labor who say the RLA has aged well, largely unchanged through all the […]

The Railway Labor Tact: What, if anything, should be done about it? Pat Cleary, a member of the National Mediation Board, suggested many months ago that a study should be […]

It's time for a look ahead and a look around--ahead to the time when railroads and rail labor organizations will once again be into the collective bargaining process, and around […]

The letter referred to the "Lines on Labor" column of September, the one that summarized the presentation that the National Mediation Board's Pat Cleary made to the Cooperstown Conference (RA, […]

The whole thing sounded so familiar: "Disputes exist . . . . These disputes have not been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act .... In the judgment […]

Rail labor leaders regard the report of Presidential Emergency Board 219, the follow-up report of the Special Board created by Congress, and the terms of the agreement now imposed (through […]

When railroads merge and create what in actuality is a single system, all too often they've found themselves in a sticky situation-because of the failure to merge on the part […]

The Railway Labor Act and the Dilemma of Labor Relations (210 pp., $34.95) is perhaps the best researched and most thoughtful treatise ever written on the Railway Labor Act, which […]

Let's say the Interstate Commerce Commission approves a railroad consolidation that brings the interstate Commerce Act and the Railway Labor Act into apparent conflict. Which takes precedence? Legal opinion has […]

Do we really want to reopen the Railway Labor Act? In a speech delivered for him last month in Washington, Secretary of Transportation Sam Skinner had a lot to say […]

The RLA: Flawed, but "the best there is" There is a sort of fascination with the Railway Labor Act. Maybe it's because it's so old, passed in 1926 and only […]

An expert view: RLA? Maybe. FELA? No way! The question was a rather simple one, in the genre "Love it or leave it." The question was: "The Railway Labor Act, […]

Before the court: Labor's interests vs the public interest During 1989, the United States Supreme Court will presumably decide two major cases involving railroads and rail labor. One case has […]