§ 141. — Short title; Congressional declaration of purpose and policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC141]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 141. Short title; Congressional declaration of purpose and
policy
(a) This chapter may be cited as the ``Labor Management Relations
Act, 1947''.
(b) Industrial strife which interferes with the normal flow of
commerce and with the full production of articles and commodities for
commerce, can be avoided or substantially minimized if employers,
employees, and labor organizations each recognize under law one
another's legitimate rights in their relations with each other, and
above all recognize under law that neither party has any right in its
relations with any other to engage in acts or practices which jeopardize
the public health, safety, or interest.
It is the purpose and policy of this chapter, in order to promote
the full flow of commerce, to prescribe the legitimate rights of both
employees and employers in their relations affecting commerce, to
provide orderly and peaceful procedures for preventing the interference
by either with the legitimate rights of the other, to protect the rights
of individual employees in their relations with labor organizations
whose activities affect commerce, to define and proscribe practices on
the part of labor and management which affect commerce and are inimical
to the general welfare, and to protect the rights of the public in
connection with labor disputes affecting commerce.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 136.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``This
Act'' meaning act June 23, 1947, ch. 120, 61 Stat. 136, as amended,
which is classified principally to this subchapter and subchapters III
(Sec. 171 et seq.) and IV (Sec. 185 et seq.) of this chapter. For
complete classification of this act to the Code, see Tables.
Short Title of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95-524, Sec. 6(a), Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 2020, provided
that: ``This section [enacting section 175a of this title, amending
sections 173 and 186 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as
notes under section 175a of this title] may be cited as the `Labor
Management Cooperation Act of 1978'.''
National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress
Pub. L. 88-444, Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 462, established the
National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress, to
make a comprehensive and impartial study and make recommendations from
time to time as needed for constructive action. The Commission was
directed to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to
the President and the Congress by January 1, 1966, and ceased 30 days
after submitting its final report.
Executive Order No. 10918
Ex. Ord. No. 10918, Feb. 16, 1961, 26 F.R. 1427, which established
the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, was
revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11710, Apr. 4, 1973, 38 F.R. 9071, formerly set
out below.
Executive Order No. 11710
Ex. Ord. No. 11710, Apr. 4, 1973, 38 F.R. 9071, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 11729, July 12, 1973, 38 F.R. 18863, which established the
National Commission for Industrial Peace, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No.
11823, Dec. 12, 1974, 39 F.R. 43529.
Executive Order No. 11809
Ex. Ord. No. 11809, Sept. 30, 1974, 39 F.R. 35565, which established
the President's Labor-Management Committee, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No.
11948, Dec. 20, 1976, 41 F.R. 55705, set out as a note under section 14
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
