A bill to amend the Railway Labor Act to provide more effective means for protecting the public interest in national emergency disputes involving the railroad and airline transportation industries.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Permits selective strikes against the railroad and airline transportation industries if the parties to the dispute are unable to reach an agreement within thirty days after receiving the report of a board appointed under the Railway Labor Act. Defines the term 'selective strike' in the railroad industry to mean: (1) a strike of not more than one carrier operating in each of the eastern, western and south-western regions, and (2) a strike when two or more carriers or groups of carriers operating in a system in any one of the regions are concurrently struck and the aggregate revenue ton-miles transported by all such struck carriers did not in the preceding calendar year exceed 30 percent of all revenue ton-miles transported by all other carriers. Defines a 'selective strike' in the airline industry to mean a strike of two or more carriers whose total aggregate revenue-passenger miles does not in the preceding year exceed 30 percent of the total revenue-passenger miles for the United States. Permits unilateral changes in terms and conditions of employment by carriers after procedures and time limitation under the Railway Labor Act have been exhausted; provided such changes were initia…