employment offers

employment offers Sec. 502. (a) Applicable Law.— The Corporation and, where applicable. the Association shall be subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act and shall be considered employers for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act, Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. The Corporation, in addition, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by this Act, be subject to all Federal and State laws and regulations applicable to carriers by railroad. (b) Mandatory Offer.— The Corporation shall offer employment, to be effective as of the date of a conveyance or discontinuance of service under the provisions of this Act, to each employee of a railroad in reorganization who has not already accepted an offer of employment by the Association, where applicable, or an acquiring railroad. Such offers of employment to employees represented by labor organizations will be confined to their same craft or class. The Corporation shall apply to said employees the protective provisions of this title. (c) Association.— After the transfer of rail properties pursuant to section 393, the Association, in employing any additional employees, shall give, priority consideration to employees of a railroad in reorganization and the provisions of this title shall apply to any such employees employed by the Association as if they were employees of the Corporation.