Emergency Public Interest Protection Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Public Interest Protection Act - Title I: Amendments to the Labor-Management Relations Act Relating to Emergency Disputes in the Transportation Industry - Makes the national emergency provision of the Labor-Management Relations Act applicable to all transportation industries by repealing the emergency procedures of the Railway Labor Act and bringing the railroads and airlines under the basic emergency provision now applicable to other industries. Empowers the President to use, in addition to the basic emergency dispute provision of the Labor-Management Relations Act, one of three new options for dealing with national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Provides that these optional porcedures could be used if a transportation national emergency dispute was still unresolved after the 80-day cooling-off period provided in the Labor-Management Relations Act. Directs that the basic 80-day injunction would have to be issued by a three judge court in the case of national emergency disputes in the transportation industries. Authorizes the President to extend the cooling-off period, with continued bargaining between the parties, for a period of up to thirty days. …