Urban Mass Transit Labor Relations: The Legal Environment

Abstract

This study examines statutory, administrative and judicial attempts to preserve the bargaining rights of employees in transit systems which have been taken over, directly or indirectly, by public entities.The authors first review the "Memphis Formula" which contributed to Congress's formulation of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.In addition to this formula, which relied on the creation of private management companies, the authors describe state legislation which established public transportation authorities.The authors then analyze the NLRB's reluctance to accept jurisdiction over labor disputes in this and related areas and recommend several ways of more aggressively protecting transit employees' rights on the federal level.

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