[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR301.2]

[Page 135]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
             CHAPTER III--NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
 
PART 301_RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 301.2  Classes of disputes.

    (a) The disputes between an employee or group of employees and a 
carrier or carriers growing out of grievances or out of the 
interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, 
rules, or working conditions, including cases pending and unadjusted on 
the date of approval of this act (June 21, 1934, 48 Stat. 1185; 45 
U.S.C. 151-162), shall be handled in the usual manner up to and 
including the chief operating officer of the carrier designated to 
handle such disputes; but, failing to reach an adjustment in this 
manner, the disputes may be referred by petition of the parties or by 
either party to the appropriate division of the Adjustment Board with a 
full statement of the facts and all supporting data bearing upon the 
disputes.
    (b) No petition shall be considered by any division of the Board 
unless the subject matter has been handled in accordance with the 
provisions of the Railway Labor Act, approved June 21, 1934.