45 U.S.C. § 907 : US Code - Section 907: Railroad hiring

Search 45 U.S.C. § 907 : US Code - Section 907: Railroad hiring

Each person who is an employee of the Milwaukee Railroad on
September 30, 1979, and who is separated or furloughed from his
employment with such railroad (other than for cause) prior to April
1, 1984, as a result of a reduction of service by such railroad
shall, unless found to be less qualified than other applicants,
have the first right of hire by any other rail carrier that is
subject to regulation by the Commission for any vacancy that is not
covered by (1) an affirmative action plan, or a hiring plan
designed to eliminate discrimination, that is required by Federal
or State statute, regulation, or executive order, or by the order
of a Federal court or agency, or (2) a permissible voluntary
affirmative action plan. For purposes of this section, a rail
carrier shall not be considered to be hiring new employees when it
recalls any of its own furloughed employees.