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45 U.S.C. § 152 — General duties

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45 U.S.C. § 152 — General duties

First. Duty of carriers and employees to settle disputes

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28 U.S.C. § 541 — United States attorneys

**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a United States attorney for each judicial district. **(b)** Each United States attorney shall be appointed for a term of four years. On the expiration of his term, a United States attorney shall continue to perform the duties of his office until his successor is appointed and qualifies. **(c)** Each United States attorney is subject to removal by the President.

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45 U.S.C. § 151a — General purposes

The purposes of the chapter are: (1) To avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein; (2) to forbid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any denial, as a condition of employment or otherwise, of the right of employees to join a labor organization; (3) to provide for the complete independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (4) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions.

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29 U.S.C. § 2101 — Definitions; exclusions from definition of loss of employment

**(a) Definitions** As used in this chapter— (1) the term “employer” means any business enterprise that employs— (A) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (B) 100 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week (exclusive of hours of overtime); (2) the term “plant closing” means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees excluding any part-time employees; (3) the term “mass layoff” means a reduction in force which— (A) is not the result of a plant closing; and (B) results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for— (i) (I) at least 33 percent of the employees (excluding any part-time employees); and (II) at least 50 employees (excluding any part-time employees); or (ii) at least 500 employees (excluding any part-time employees); (4) the term “representative” means an exclusive representative of employees within the meaning of section 159(a) or 158(f) of this title or [section 152 of title 45](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section152&num=0&edition=prelim); (5) the term “affected employees” means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their employer; (6) subject to subsection (b), the term “employment loss” means (A) an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement, (B) a layoff exceeding 6 months, or (C) a reduction in hours of work o

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45 U.S.C. § 152 — General duties

Page 11 TITLE 45—RAILROADS § 152 ation of any carrier engaged therein; (2) to for- bid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any denial, as a condition of employment or otherwise, of the right of em- ployees to join a labor organization; (3) to pro- vide for the complete independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-organiza- tion to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (4) to provide for the prompt and orderly settle- ment of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all dis- putes growing out of grievances or out of the in- terpretation or application of agreements cov- ering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions. (May 20, 1926, ch. 347, § 2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, § 2, 48 Stat. 1186.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is comprised of the first sentence of section 2 of act May 20, 1926, as added in the general amend- ment of section 2 by act June 21, 1934. The remainder of section 2 of act May 20, 1926, is classified to section 152 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1934—Act June 21, 1934, amended section 2 of act May 20, 1926, generally, adding the text of this section. § 152. General duties First. Duty of carriers and employees to settle disputes It shall be the duty of all carriers, their offi- cers, agents, and employees to exert every rea- sonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working con- ditions, and to settle all disputes, whether aris- ing out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the employees thereof. Sec

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