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Appointment of the Membership of Emergency Boards Nos. 202 and 203 To Investigate Railroad Labor Disputes
The President today appointed the members of the Presidential Emergency Boards Nos. 202 and 203, created by Executive Orders Nos. 12480 and 12481 of June 20, 1984, to investigate and make recommendations for settlement of current disputes between the Long Island Rail Road and employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, respectively.
Richard B. Kasher of Bryn Mawr, PA, will serve as Chairman. He is an attorney and arbitrator with extensive experience in the rail and airline industries. He was born May 30, 1939, in New York, NY.
Rodney E. Dennis of New York, NY, is an arbitrator and serves as permanent arbitrator for New York State and numerous local contracts. He was born January 26, 1928, in Sayre, PA.
Margery F. Gootnick of Rochester, NY, is a lawyer; labor arbitrator, mediator; administrative law hearing examiner and university lecturer. She was born October 24, 1927, in Rochester, NY.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of the Membership of Emergency Boards Nos. 202 and 203 To Investigate Railroad Labor Disputes Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260905