The two unions' members will also lose the next two weeks' pay for the rest of the 30-day cooling off period.
President Truman proposed a 60-day cooling off period, but Fairless rejected it.
They ranged from demanding a new cooling off period to imposing specific contracts on the unions and the railroads.
He also led the campaign against the government's plans to enforce a 28-day cooling off period before strike action could be taken.
If you buy something without face-to-face contact, you will usually have a 'cooling off period' of seven working days.
The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period.
After negotiations with the three unions failed to produce any labor agreements, a mandated 30-day cooling off period began on 1 February 1989.
Under the plan, striking workers would return to their jobs and negotiations would continue during a 28-day cooling off period.
A 30-day cooling off period mandated by Federal law expires then and the union will be free to set up picket lines.
It means that the consumer's cooling off period will be extended to 14 days throughout the Union.