45 U.S.C. § 1113 : US Code - Section 1113: Intercity passenger service

Search 45 U.S.C. § 1113 : US Code - Section 1113: Intercity passenger service

(a) Responsibility of Conrail to provide crews terminated;
negotiations for employee transfers
After January 1, 1983, Conrail shall be relieved of the
responsibility to provide crews for intercity passenger service on
the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak, Amtrak Commuter, and Conrail, and
the employees with seniority in both freight and passenger service
shall commence negotiations not later than 120 days after August
13, 1981, for the right of such employees to move from one service
to the other once each six-month period. Such agreement shall
ensure that Conrail, Amtrak, and Amtrak Commuter have the right to
furlough one employee in the same class or craft for each employee
who returns through the exercise of seniority rights. If agreement
is not reached within 360 days, such matter shall be submitted to
binding arbitration.
(b) Eligibility of employees for employee protection benefits
Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by an assumption
or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall be
eligible for employee protection benefits under section 797 (!1) of
this title, notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement,
or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees
otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section.
Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to
Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by
any such assumption or discontinuance.