BNA Books' New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to 'The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition' Analyzes Recent Critical Developments

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announced today the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition. This treatise and its supplement are published by BNA Books, a division of BNA, in cooperation with the Committee on Railway and Airline Labor Law of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Labor and Employment Law.

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Meticulously researched and written by leading practitioners from the Committee on Railway and Airline Labor Law, The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition with 2009 Cumulative Supplement incorporates the perspectives of management, union, and neutrals into an authoritative text comparable to BNA Books' The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act in precision, scope, and ease of use.

Practitioners will find this treatise to be the definitive resource to enrich case research and planning with its vital background on the federal labor law of railways and airlines, including references to more than 1,200 cases, the text of the RLA, and NMB Rules and Manual. Plus—as with no other reference—practitioners get balanced, comprehensive analysis from experts on each issue or topic relating to the RLA, including:

• Scope of coverage of the Railway Labor Act
• Selecting a bargaining representative—a "soup to nuts" discussion of the NMB's representation function
• Judicial protection of employee RLA rights

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement provides many important updates, including:

• The circuit split as to whether the Railway Labor Act provides for judicial review of arbitration awards on due process grounds, culminating in the Supreme Court's October 7, 2009 oral argument in Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
• National Mediation Board decisions discussing whether two airlines constitute a "single transportation system" and other issues regarding the representation consequences of corporate transactions
• Cases addressing a union's duty of fair representation in the context of collective bargaining negotiations
• National Mediation Board decisions concerning Internet Voting, Telephone Electronic Voting, and other election issues
• Decisions analyzing Railway Labor Act "field preemption" as well as whether the Airline Deregulation Act and AIR21 preempt claims under state law
• Cases concerning whether entities, which are not direct carriers, are covered by the Railway Labor Act
• Cases analyzing a carrier's unilateral changes in the terms and conditions of employment of represented employees prior to executing an initial collective bargaining agreement

Practitioners will find The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition with 2009 Cumulative Supplement a tremendous resource for representation disputes, major disputes, statutory disputes, and collective bargaining.

This treatise is authored by members of the Committee on Railway and Airline Labor Law of the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law. Section publications provide a balanced forum for the views and professional development of practitioners in labor and employment law. For more information on Section participation, please call the Section at (312) 988-5813 or visit http://www.abanet.org/labor/home.html.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition with 2009 Cumulative Supplement to BNA's Book Division publishes The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations Act; Employment Discrimination Law; The Fair Labor Standards Act; How to Take a Case Before the NLRB; Labor Union Law and Regulation; International Labor and Employment Laws; Wage and Hour Laws: A State-by-State Survey; Winning at the NLRB; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to The Railway Labor Act, Second Edition  may be purchased alone (414 pp. Softcover/Order #1837-PRY9/$175.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling), or with the main volume (810 pp. Hardcover/Order #9837-PRY9/$475.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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