As the three-member National Mediation Board (NMB) shifts to Republican control for the first time since 2009, a knotty issue lying dormant since 2006 may emerge: Who pays for binding arbitration to resolve grievances over interpretation of collectively bargained labor contracts and employee discipline? The two new Republicans arrive with clean slates on rail labor issues. Kyle H. Fortson's strength is her knowledge of labor law. Gerald W. (Trey) Fauth III is strong on rail economics and operations. Democrat Linda A. Puchalla, with an airline labor union background, expertise in alternative dispute resolution and no documented position on rail arbitration user fees, is serving a third term since her first Senate confirmation in 2009.
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机译：自2009年以来，由三人组成的国家调解委员会（NMB）首次移交给共和党控制，自2006年以来一直处于休眠状态的棘手问题可能会出现：谁为约束性仲裁支付费用，以解决对集体谈判的劳动合同和员工纪律的解释上的不满？两位新的共和党人在铁路劳工问题上一帆风顺。凯尔·福特森（Kyle H. Fortson）的强项是她对劳动法的了解。 Gerald W.（Trey）Fauth III在铁路经济学和运营方面很强。自2009年首次获得参议院确认以来，民主党人琳达·普查拉（Linda A. Puchalla）具有航空公司工会背景，在替代性纠纷解决方面具有专长，并且没有关于铁路仲裁用户费用的书面记录，目前正在担任第三任期。
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