National Mediation Board March 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Mediation Board (NMB) invites comments on its proposal to revise a previously-approved information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. In December of 2012, in response to amendments to the Railway Labor Act, the NMB published a Final Rule changing the showing of interest requirements for organizations seeking a representation election. As a result, the NMB is revising the Application for Investigation of Representation Dispute to reflect that all applicants must submit the same showing of interest. In addition, the NMB is revising the application by requiring applicants to attest that all of the information submitted is true to the best of the signer's knowledge. The revised application will also only provide space for one craft or class per application, thereby requiring a separate application for each craft or class.