Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.

This controversy started with a union demand on behalf of the nonoperating employees for a general 25-cent-per-hour wage increase and a requirement of six months’ advance notice of impending layoffs and abolition of job positions. The demand was made of virtually all Class I railroads, including Florida East Coast Railway Co. (hereinafter called FEC). The dispute underwent negotiations and mediation as required by the Railway Labor Act.1 When those procedures proved unsuccessful, a Presidential Emergency Board was cre*241ated under § 10 of the Act,2 which after hearings recommended a general pay…