NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS/COMMERCE LABOR/LABOR UNIONS U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ECONOMY AND LABOR EXECUTIVE AGENCY CREATED 1934 TITLE OF CHIEF OFFICER CHAIR FUNCTIONS HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE RAILROAD AND AIRLINE INDUSTRIES BY SETTLING DISPUTES THAT COULD INTERRUPT TRAVEL OR DELIVERY OF GOODS RESOLVES DISPUTES BETWEEN EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND RAILROADS OR AIRLINES NOTIFIES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN LABOR DISPUTES THREATEN TO INTERRUPT INTERSTATE COMMERCE