---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 1108"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "1108"
heading: "Concerted economic action"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/1108"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Northeast Rail Service"
---

# §1108. Concerted economic action

- (a) **Strikes interfering with rail freight service of Conrail—** Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes with [Amtrak](/usc/45/1104.md?p=1) Commuter or any [commuter authority](/usc/45/1104.md?p=3) shall not be entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce any employee of, [Conrail](/usc/45/1104.md?p=5), where an effect thereof is to interfere with rail freight service provided by [Conrail](/usc/45/1104.md?p=5).
- (b) **Strikes interfering with Amtrak Commuter’s rail passenger service—** Any person engaging in concerted economic action over disputes arising out of freight operations provided by [Conrail](/usc/45/1104.md?p=5) shall not be entitled to engage in any strike against, or otherwise to induce any employee of, [Amtrak](/usc/45/1104.md?p=1) Commuter or any [commuter authority](/usc/45/1104.md?p=3), where an effect thereof is to interfere with rail passenger service.
- (c) **Railway Labor Act deemed violated—** Any concerted action in violation of this section shall be deemed to be a violation of the Railway Labor Act [[45 U.S.C. 151](/usc/45/151.md) et seq.].

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1158, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 682.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Railway Labor Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is act May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of this title and Tables.