Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 29


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 7 - Notes
                     SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS                 
    Sec.                                                     
    141.        Short title; Congressional declaration of purpose and
                 policy.                                              
    142.        Definitions.                                          
    143.        Saving provisions.                                    
    144.        Separability.                                         
                 SUBCHAPTER II - NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS             
    151.        Findings and declaration of policy.                   
    152.        Definitions.                                          
    153.        National Labor Relations Board.                       
                  (a)  Creation, composition, appointment, and tenure;
                        Chairman; removal of members.                 
                  (b)  Delegation of powers to members and regional
                        directors; review and stay of actions of
                        regional directors; quorum; seal.             
                  (c)  Annual reports to Congress and the President.  
                  (d)  General Counsel; appointment and tenure; powers
                        and duties; vacancy.                          
    154.        National Labor Relations Board; eligibility for
                 reappointment; officers and employees; payment of
                 expenses.                                            
    155.        National Labor Relations Board; principal office,
                 conducting inquiries throughout country;
                 participation in decisions or inquiries conducted by
                 member.                                              
    156.        Rules and regulations.                                
    157.        Right of employees as to organization, collective
                 bargaining, etc.                                     
    158.        Unfair labor practices.                               
                  (a)  Unfair labor practices by employer.            
                  (b)  Unfair labor practices by labor organization.  
                  (c)  Expression of views without threat of reprisal
                        or force or promise of benefit.               
                  (d)  Obligation to bargain collectively.            
                  (e)  Enforceability of contract or agreement to
                        boycott any other employer; exception.        
                  (f)  Agreement covering employees in the building
                        and construction industry.                    
                  (g)  Notification of intention to strike or picket
                        at any health care institution.               
    158a.       Providing facilities for operations of Federal Credit
                 Unions.                                              
    159.        Representatives and elections.                        
                  (a)  Exclusive representatives; employees'
                        adjustment of grievances directly with
                        employer.                                     
                  (b)  Determination of bargaining unit by Board.     
                  (c)  Hearings on questions affecting commerce; rules
                        and regulations.                              
                  (d)  Petition for enforcement or review; transcript.
                  (e)  Secret ballot; limitation of elections.        
    160.        Prevention of unfair labor practices.                 
                  (a)  Powers of Board generally.                     
                  (b)  Complaint and notice of hearing; answer; court
                        rules of evidence inapplicable.               
                  (c)  Reduction of testimony to writing; findings and
                        orders of Board.                              
                  (d)  Modification of findings or orders prior to
                        filing record in court.                       
                  (e)  Petition to court for enforcement of order;
                        proceedings; review of judgment.              
                  (f)  Review of final order of Board on petition to
                        court.                                        
                  (g)  Institution of court proceedings as stay of
                        Board's order.                                
                  (h)  Jurisdiction of courts unaffected by
                        limitations prescribed in chapter 6 of this
                        title.                                        
                  (i)  Repealed.                                      
                  (j)  Injunctions.                                   
                  (k)  Hearings on jurisdictional strikes.            
                  (l)  Boycotts and strikes to force recognition of
                        uncertified labor organizations; injunctions;
                        notice; service of process.                   
                  (m)  Priority of cases.                             
    161.        Investigatory powers of Board.                        
    162.        Offenses and penalties.                               
    163.        Right to strike preserved.                            
    164.        Construction of provisions.                           
                  (a)  Supervisors as union members.                  
                  (b)  Agreements requiring union membership in
                        violation of State law.                       
                  (c)  Power of Board to decline jurisdiction of labor
                        disputes; assertion of jurisdiction by State
                        and Territorial courts.                       
    165.        Conflict of laws.                                     
    166.        Separability of provisions.                           
    167.        Short title of subchapter.                            
    168.        Validation of certificates and other Board actions.   
    169.        Employees with religious convictions; payment of dues
                 and fees.                                            
         SUBCHAPTER III - CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL
                                EMERGENCIES
    171.        Declaration of purpose and policy.                    
    172.        Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.           
                  (a)  Creation; appointment of Director.             
                  (b)  Appointment of officers and employees;
                        expenditures for supplies, facilities, and
                        services.                                     
                  (c)  Principal and regional offices; delegation of
                        authority by Director; annual report to
                        Congress.                                     
                  (d)  Transfer of all mediation and conciliation
                        services to Service; effective date; pending
                        proceedings unaffected.                       
    173.        Functions of Service.                                 
                  (a)  Settlement of disputes through conciliation and
                        mediation.                                    
                  (b)  Intervention on motion of Service or request of
                        parties; avoidance of mediation of minor
                        disputes.                                     
                  (c)  Settlement of disputes by other means upon
                        failure of conciliation.                      
                  (d)  Use of conciliation and mediation services as
                        last resort.                                  
                  (e)  Encouragement and support of establishment and
                        operation of joint labor management activities
                        conducted by committees.                      
                  (f)  Use of alternative means of dispute resolution
                        procedures; assignment of neutrals and
                        arbitrators.                                  
    174.        Co-equal obligations of employees, their
                 representatives, and management to minimize labor
                 disputes.                                            
    175.        National Labor-Management Panel; creation and
                 composition; appointment, tenure, and compensation;
                 duties.                                              
    175a.       Assistance to plant, area, and industrywide labor
                 management committees.                               
                  (a)  Establishment and operation of plant, area, and
                        industrywide committees.                      
                  (b)  Restrictions on grants, contracts, or other
                        assistance.                                   
                  (c)  Establishment of office.                       
                  (d)  Authorization of appropriations.               
    176.        National emergencies; appointment of board of inquiry
                 by President; report; contents; filing with Service. 
    177.        Board of inquiry.                                     
                  (a)  Composition.                                   
                  (b)  Compensation.                                  
                  (c)  Powers of discovery.                           
    178.        Injunctions during national emergency.                
                  (a)  Petition to district court by Attorney General
                        on direction of President.                    
                  (b)  Inapplicability of chapter 6.                  
                  (c)  Review of orders.                              
    179.        Injunctions during national emergency; adjustment
                 efforts by parties during injunction period.         
                  (a)  Assistance of Service; acceptance of Service's
                        proposed settlement.                          
                  (b)  Reconvening of board of inquiry; report by
                        board; contents; secret ballot of employees by
                        National Labor Relations Board; certification
                        of results to Attorney General.               
    180.        Discharge of injunction upon certification of results
                 of election or settlement; report to Congress.       
    181.        Compilation of collective bargaining agreements, etc.;
                 use of data.                                         
    182.        Exemption of Railway Labor Act from subchapter.       
    183.        Conciliation of labor disputes in the health care
                 industry.                                            
                  (a)  Establishment of Boards of Inquiry; membership.
                  (b)  Compensation of members of Boards of Inquiry.  
                  (c)  Maintenance of status quo.                     
                  (d)  Authorization of appropriations.               
       SUBCHAPTER IV - LIABILITIES OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR AND
                                MANAGEMENT
    185.        Suits by and against labor organizations.             
                  (a)  Venue, amount, and citizenship.                
                  (b)  Responsibility for acts of agent; entity for
                        purposes of suit; enforcement of money
                        judgments.                                    
                  (c)  Jurisdiction.                                  
                  (d)  Service of process.                            
                  (e)  Determination of question of agency.           
    186.        Restrictions on financial transactions.               
                  (a)  Payment or lending, etc., of money by employer
                        or agent to employees, representatives, or
                        labor organizations.                          
                  (b)  Request, demand, etc., for money or other thing
                        of value.                                     
                  (c)  Exceptions.                                    
                  (d)  Penalties for violations.                      
                  (e)  Jurisdiction of courts.                        
                  (f)  Effective date of provisions.                  
                  (g)  Contributions to trust funds.                  
    187.        Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue;
                 jurisdiction; limitations; damages.                  
    188.        Repealed.                                             
     SUBCHAPTER V - CONGRESSIONAL JOINT COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT
                                 RELATIONS
    191 to 197. Omitted.                                              
-SECREF-
                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in sections 401, 402, 1002, 1415,
    1803 of this title; title 20 section 76k; title 46 App. section
    1707.
Ads by FindLaw