...prevent disruptions to rail and air commerce, not cause them. The Act's primary explicit purpose is "to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier." It also provides "for prompt disposition of disputes between carriers and their employees." The National...

...entire philosophy of the Railway Labor Act is hostile to strikes. The first listed purpose of the Act is "To avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein..." A federal court of appeals has ruled that a strike for union representation interferes...

...labor relations of railroads and their employees. Like LMRA, the Railway Labor Act requires carriers and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements (45 USC 152). This obligation covers rates of pay, rules, and working conditions. While hours are not...

...as the "Railway Labor Act". (45 USC 151) GENERAL PURPOSES SEC. 2. The purposes of the Act 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,...

...agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions. (45 USC 151a) GENERAL DUTIES First. It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers,...such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any inter129 RAILWAY LABOR ACT SBC. 2 ruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out...

...employees. The district court's decree had directed the Railway (i) to "treat with" the Federation and to "exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain...agreements concerning rates of pay, rules and working conditions . . ."; (2) not to enter into "any contract, undertaking, or agreement of whatsoever kind...

...as the "Railway Labor Act". (45 USC 151) GENERAL PURPOSES Sec. 2. The purposes of the Act 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 the "Railway Labor Act". (45 USC 151) GENERAL PURPOSES SEC. 2. The purposes of the Act are: (l) 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 the '^Railway Labor Act". (45 USC 151) GENERAL PURPOSES SEC. 2. The purposes of the Act 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 the "Railway Labor Act". (45 USC 151) GENERAL PURPOSES Sec. 2. The purposes of the Act 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,...