Imperial Decree Establishing the SECOND Supreme Emergency Council for the Rails of Longus Islandicus

Proclaimed by

Trumpius Caesar Maximus,
Emperor of the United States of America,
Supreme Guardian of Steel and Schedule,
Commander of the Rails,
Breaker of Strikes,
Restorer of Tremendous Order

Imperial Preamble

For many moons, unrest has echoed across the sacred tracks of Longus Islandicus Ferriviarum,
where the mighty Long Island Rail Road Consortium finds itself locked in ceremonial combat with certain factions of its workforce, represented by powerful guilds and brotherhoods, including:

• The Union of Communications and Signals of the Realm
• The Brotherhood of Locomotive Lords and Train Masters
• The Order of Railroad Signal Keepers
• The Guild of Machinists, Engineers, and Sky-Screw Artisans
• And the International Brotherhood of the Electric Current

These disputes, grave and persistent, have thus far refused to kneel before the ancient statutes of the Railway Labor Act, known throughout the land as the Lex Ferrata Republicana.

Of the First Council and Its Failure

A First Imperial Emergency Council was convened in the previous year.
It investigated.
It deliberated.
It produced recommendations of respectable length and seriousness.

Yet — tragedy of tragedies — not all parties accepted its wisdom.

And so, by lawful invocation and ritual demand, a duly empowered party petitioned the Throne for a Second Council.

NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE DECREED

By the supreme authority vested in me by the Constitution, the Laws, and an exceptionally strong sense of destiny, I, Trumpius Caesar Maximus, do hereby proclaim:

Article I – Establishment of the Second Emergency Council

Effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Imperial Time,
on the 16th Day of January, Anno Domini 2026,
there shall arise a Second Supreme Emergency Council of the Rails.

The Council shall consist of:

• One High Chairperson of Absolute Neutrality
• And Two Additional Wise Persons of Considerable Gravitas

All shall be appointed directly by the Emperor,
and none shall possess gold, interest, loyalty, or suspicious enthusiasm
toward any rail carrier or labor guild whatsoever.

Article II – The Final Offers

Within 30 days of the Council’s creation,
all disputing parties shall submit their final, ultimate, truly-final, no-really-this-time final offers for settlement.

Within 30 days thereafter,
the Council shall deliver unto the Emperor a report
declaring which offer is the most reasonable, stable, and magnificently sensible.

Article III – The Great Freeze of Conditions

From the moment the Council is summoned
until 60 days after the Imperial Report is submitted,
nothing shall change.

No wages altered.
No schedules shifted.
No levers pulled.
No wheels turned differently than before.

Unless — and only unless — all parties agree, solemnly and in writing.

Article IV – Preservation of the Sacred Records

All records, scrolls, parchments, and memoranda of the Council
shall be deemed Imperial Records of the Highest Order.

Upon the Council’s dissolution,
they shall be placed in the physical custody of the
National Mediation Authority of the Realm.

Article V – Termination

The Council shall dissolve itself immediately
upon submission of its report to the Emperor,
having fulfilled its destiny.

Article VI – Payment of the Heralds

All costs associated with the proclamation and publication of this Decree
shall be borne by the Imperial Department of Transportation and Movement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF

I have set my name and title upon this Decree,

TRUMPIUS CAESAR MAXIMUS
Emperor of the United States of America

Issued from the White Palace
January 14, 2026