Dennis J. Campagna, Vice President
James E. Conway, Vice President
Lynette A. Ross, Vice President
Gerald E. Wallin, Vice President

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
JANUARY 11, 2005

As you probably know, NMB conducted a public hearing on January 11, 2005 with respect to the proposal to charge fees to parties for the use of the Board's arbitration services.  If implemented, this proposal would materially and adversely alter the operation of Section 3.  Working from the Comments which NARR previously filed in connection with the overall proposed regulations, Jim Conway and I prepared and I presented Comments to NMB on the subject.  The Comments are reproduced below.

A number of other witnesses testified on the subject.  All except the NRLC were opposed; Management thought the fees were too low.  The statements covered a number of different points.  We have obtained as many statements as possible and have posted them for your review.  The Board's initiatives have drawn opposition from Congress as well as from the Organizations and NARR.  We will keep you posted on developments.

-M. David Vaughn, President, NARR

Testimony of M. David Vaughn, NARR 

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Testimony of Mitchell Kraus, General Counsel, TCU, for
Railway Labor Division, TTD, AFL-CIO

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Testimony of William R. Miller,
Sr. Exec. Dir., Industry Relations Dept, TCU and
Vice Chairman, NRAB

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OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY AUTHORS DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE POSITION OF NARR ON ANY ISSUE.