LAA and LUS were in Section 6 Negotiations and had a lot of leverage.
Bargaining Procedures a
nd Status Quo Requirement.
1.
Section 6 Opener.
Section 6 of the RLA, 45 U.S.C. § 15
6, establishes the initial procedures
for collective bargaining as follows:
Carriers and representative
s of the employees shall
give at least thirty days’ wr
itten notice of an intended
change in agreements affec
ting rates of pay, rules, or
working conditions, and the time and place for the
beginning of conference between
the representatives of the
parties interested in such in
tended changes shall be agreed
upon within ten days after the
receipt of said notice, and
said time shall be within the thirty days provided in the
notice. In every case where such notice of intended change
has been given, or conferences are being held with
reference thereto, or the serv
ices of the Mediation Board
have been requested by either party, or said Board has
proffered its services, rates of pay, rules, or working
conditions shall not be altered by the carrier until the
controversy has been finally acted upon, as required by
section 155 of this title, by th
e Mediation Board, unless a
period of ten days has elap
sed after termination of
