Lieber said the railroad unions benefit from "some of the most abusive work rules anywhere in the MTA system." ...

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Aug. 18 released from statutory mediation the MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and the ...

Union leaders wrote that they intend to reject binding arbitration, triggering a federally mandated 30-day "cooling off" ...

The Long Island Rail Road could face a strike by or lockout of five unions as soon as Sept. 18 after the National Mediation ...

In a letter dated Aug. 14, union leaders wrote the National Mediation Board indicated the LIRR and unions were unable to reach a voluntary settlement.

The National Mediation Board (NMB) has agreed to give the nation’s 12 railroad labor unions, representing some 125,000 unionized rail workers, an opportunity May 24-26 to demonstrate their commitment ...

The board was established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926 and is headed by a three-person panel of Presidential appointees. Wikipedia* ...

When the National Mediation Board looks for people skilled in labor matters, it tends to hire people who have experience in labor matters, from both the management side and the union side.

The National Mediation Board has summoned NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to Washington D.C. on May 12 to help thaw negotiations before a potential strike later this month.

The National Mediation Board determined Tuesday that mediation isn't working in the joint talks that cover roughly 140,000 workers in 13 unions at the biggest freight railroads.