The Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926, is the reason Congress could intervene this week to block a strike by freight railroad unions.

"It just feels like one of those things where the working class gets the crumbs," one railroad worker said. "I know there's a lot of guys that feel shot in the back." ...

business Airlines Here’s what would it take for pilots, flight attendants to strike under federal law The Railway Labor Act was enacted in 1925 and expanded to include the airlines in 1936.

That’s why lawmakers passed the Railway Labor Act in 1926, which allowed Congress to impose binding contracts on unionized railways.

If tentative wages, benefits and work rules agreements reached between rail labor unions and most Class I railroads (and many smaller ones) fail to be ratified by union members in coming weeks, might ...

Congress swiftly amended the Railway Labor Act to allow Congress to end a strike or lockdown if it hurts the U.S. economy (which is kind of the whole point of a strike).

Forced union dues are authorized by language in two federal laws, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Railway Labor Act (RLA).

The Railway Labor Act was passed in 1926 as one of the very first labor lawsin the nation. At that point most of the railroads already had been unionized, some all the way back to the mid-19th ...

The Railway Labor Act, passed in 1926, is the reason Congress could intervene this week to block a strike by freight railroad unions.