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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 175a. Assistance to plant, area, and industrywide labor management committees
(a) Establishment and operation of plant, area, and industrywide
committees
(1) The Service is authorized and directed to provide assistance
in the establishment and operation of plant, area and industrywide
labor management committees which -
(A) have been organized jointly by employers and labor
organizations representing employees in that plant, area, or
industry; and
(B) are established for the purpose of improving labor
management relationships, job security, organizational
effectiveness, enhancing economic development or involving
workers in decisions affecting their jobs including improving
communication with respect to subjects of mutual interest and
concern.
(2) The Service is authorized and directed to enter into
contracts and to make grants, where necessary or appropriate, to
fulfill its responsibilities under this section.
(b) Restrictions on grants, contracts, or other assistance
(1) No grant may be made, no contract may be entered into and no
other assistance may be provided under the provisions of this
section to a plant labor management committee unless the employees
in that plant are represented by a labor organization and there is
in effect at that plant a collective bargaining agreement.
(2) No grant may be made, no contract may be entered into and no
other assistance may be provided under the provisions of this
section to an area or industrywide labor management committee
unless its participants include any labor organizations certified
or recognized as the representative of the employees of an employer
participating in such committee. Nothing in this clause shall
prohibit participation in an area or industrywide committee by an
employer whose employees are not represented by a labor
organization.
(3) No grant may be made under the provisions of this section to
any labor management committee which the Service finds to have as
one of its purposes the discouragement of the exercise of rights
contained in section 157 of this title, or the interference with
collective bargaining in any plant, or industry.
(c) Establishment of office
The Service shall carry out the provisions of this section
through an office established for that purpose.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the
provisions of this section $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979,
and such sums as may be necessary thereafter.
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