Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes vs. Interstate Commerce Commission : brief on merger, 1960.

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Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes vs. Interstate Commerce Commission : brief on merger, 1960.

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Consist of a brief presented before the Michigan District Court by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and the Railway Labor Executives' Association, contesting a railroad merger on the grounds that it would result in loss of jobs guaranteed to union members. Include a brief filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, involving the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (plaintiff) and the Railway Labor Executives' Association (intervenors/plaintiffs) vs. the Interstate Commerce Commission (defendant), and the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company (intervenors/defendants). The arguments concern the effect of a merger on the employees of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and the union's request that the court uphold the 1940 Transportation Act guaranteeing four years of employment for all current employees.

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