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45 U.S.C. § 151a — General purposes
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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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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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First. Duty of carriers and employees to settle disputes
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TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 151a
Date note under section 1301 of Title 49, Transpor-
tation.
RESTRICTION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ANNUITIES OR
PENSIONS
Pub. L. 91–215, § 7, Mar. 17, 1970, 84 Stat. 72, provided
that: ‘‘No carrier and no representative of employees,
as defined in section 1 of the Railway Labor Act [this
section], shall, before April 1, 1974, utilize any of the
procedures of such Act [this chapter], to seek to make
any changes in the provisions of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1937 [section 228a et seq. of this title] for
supplemental annuities or to establish any new class of
pensions or annuities, other than annuities payable out
of the Railroad Retirement Account provided under
section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937
[subsection (a) of section 228o of this title], to become
effective prior to July 1, 1974; nor shall any such carrier
or representative of employees until July 1, 1974, en-
gage in any strike or lockout to seek to make any such
changes or to establish any such new class of pensions
or annuities: Provided, That nothing in this section
shall inhibit any carrier or representative of employees
from seeking any change with respect to benefits pay-
able out of the Railroad Retirement Account provided
under section 15(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of
1937 [subsection (a) of section 228o of this title].’’
SOCIAL INSURANCE AND LABOR RELATIONS OF RAILROAD
COAL-MINING
EMPLOYEES; RETROACTIVE
OPERATION
OF
ACT
AUGUST
13, 1940; EFFECT
ON
PAYMENTS,
RIGHTS, ETC.
Act Aug. 13, 1940, ch. 664, §§ 4–7, 54 Stat. 786, 787, as
amended by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1946, § 4, eff. July 16,
1946, 11 F.R. 7873, 60 Stat. 1095, with regard to the oper-
ation and effect of the laws amended, provided:
‘‘SEC. 4. (a) The laws hereb
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