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[CITE: 45USC156]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--RAILWAY LABOR
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 156. Procedure in changing rates of pay, rules, and working 
        conditions
        
    Carriers and representatives of the employees shall give at least 
thirty days' written notice of an intended change in agreements 
affecting rates of pay, rules, or working conditions, and the time and 
place for the beginning of conference between the representatives of the 
parties interested in such intended changes shall be agreed upon within 
ten days after the receipt of said notice, and said time shall be within 
the thirty days provided in the notice. In every case where such notice 
of intended change has been given, or conferences are being held with 
reference thereto, or the services of the Mediation Board have been 
requested by either party, or said Board has proffered its services, 
rates of pay, rules, or working conditions shall not be altered by the 
carrier until the controversy has been finally acted upon, as required 
by section 155 of this title, by the Mediation Board, unless a period of 
ten days has elapsed after termination of conferences without request 
for or proffer of the services of the Mediation Board.

(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 582; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, 
Sec. 6, 48 Stat. 1197.)


                               Amendments

    1934--Act June 21, 1934, inserted ``in agreements'' after ``intended 
change'' in text, struck out provision formerly contained in text 
concerning changes requested by more than one class, and substituted 
``Mediation Board'' for ``Board of Mediation'' wherever appearing.


                       Wage and Salary Adjustments

    Ex. Ord. No. 9299, eff. Feb. 4, 1943, 8 F.R. 1669, provided 
procedure with respect to wage and salary adjustments for employees 
subject to this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 152, 157, 726, 741, 797g, 
1346 of this title; title 11 section 1167.
