The aims and purposes of the National Association of Railroad Referees are (1) to promote mutual exchange of ideas and information among its members concerning items of mutual interest (2) to communicate with the National Mediation Board and other appropriate agencies, groups and organizations to offer aid and assistance as is deemed appropriate in the promotion of railroad arbitration (3) to be available to the National Mediation Board and other appropriate agencies, groups and organizations to offer comments upon various suggestions and requests as they may solicit same (4) to obtain and distribute to the membership information and documentation of interest to the professional pursuits of the members (5) to engage in educational pursuits as may be appropriate and (6) to take other action to promote the interests of railroad arbitration as deemed appropriate by the Association to achieve the aims and purposes of the Association.

Membership in the Association is available to any individual who, within two years prior to submitting an application for membership, has been selected or appointed directly by the parties or by the National Mediation Board to hear and decide labor-management disputes in the railroad industry as a Referee for the National Railroad Adjustment Board; as a Neutral Member of a Public Law Board or Special Board of Adjustment; as a directly selected Arbitrator; as Chair of a protective provision Disputes Committee; or the like.  An individual who currently serves as a representative for a party in railroad labor-management disputes or performs other services as a partisan practitioner in railroad labor-management relations is not eligible for membership in the Association.

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This page last updated on 29 July 2010