Union leaders wrote that they intend to reject binding arbitration, triggering a federally mandated 30-day "cooling off" ...

Lieber said the railroad unions benefit from "some of the most abusive work rules anywhere in the MTA system." ...

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Aug. 18 released from statutory mediation the MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and the ...

The National Mediation Board has summoned NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to Washington, D.C., on May 12 to help thaw negotiations before a potential strike later this month.

The BMWED/SMART-Mechanical Division bargaining coalition late last month petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) for a proffer of arbitration, requesting to be released from further mediation ...

“National Mediation Board members should comply with the letter and spirit of that policy by not making rulings that so directly benefit their recent associates, ALPA and AFA union officials, in ...

The board was established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926 and is headed by a three-person panel of Presidential appointees. Wikipedia* ...

When the National Mediation Board looks for people skilled in labor matters, it tends to hire people who have experience in labor matters, from both the management side and the union side.