§ 163. — Right to strike preserved.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC163]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
Sec. 163. Right to strike preserved
Nothing in this subchapter, except as specifically provided for
herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or
diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or
qualifications on that right.
(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, Sec. 13, 49 Stat. 457; June 23, 1947, ch. 120,
title I, Sec. 101, 61 Stat. 151.)
Amendments
1947--Act June 23, 1947, amended section so as to provide that
except as specifically provided for in this subchapter nothing shall
interfere with or diminish the right to strike and that nothing was to
be construed to affect the limitations or qualifications on the right to
strike, thus recognizing that the right to strike is not an unlimited
and unqualified right.
Effective Date of 1947 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by act June 23, 1947, see section
104 of act June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 18 section 1951.
