§ 175a. — Assistance to plant, area, and industrywide labor management committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC175a]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER III--CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
Sec. 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.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 205A, as added Pub. L. 95-524,
Sec. 6(c)(2), Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 2020.)
Short Title
For short title of section 6 of Pub. L. 95-524 as the Labor
Management Cooperation Act of 1978, see Short Title of 1978 Amendment
note set out under section 141 of this title.
Congressional Statement of Purpose
Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 95-524 provided that: ``It is the purpose of
this section [enacting this section and amending sections 173 and 186 of
this title]--
``(1) to improve communication between representatives of labor
and management;
``(2) to provide workers and employers with opportunities to
study and explore new and innovative joint approaches to achieving
organizational effectiveness;
``(3) to assist workers and employers in solving problems of
mutual concern not susceptible to resolution within the collective
bargaining process;
``(4) to study and explore ways of eliminating potential
problems which reduce the competitiveness and inhibit the economic
development of the plant, area or industry;
``(5) to enhance the involvement of workers in making decisions
that affect their working lives;
``(6) to expand and improve working relationships between
workers and managers; and
``(7) to encourage free collective bargaining by establishing
continuing mechanisms for communication between employers and their
employees through Federal assistance to the formation and operation
of labor management committees.''
Applicability to Collective Bargaining Agreements
Section 6(e) of Pub. L. 95-524 provided that: ``Nothing in this
section or the amendments made by this section [enacting this section,
amending sections 173 and 186 of this title, and enacting provisions set
out as notes under this section] shall affect the terms and conditions
of any collective bargaining agreement whether in effect prior to or
entered into after the date of enactment of this section [Oct. 27,
1978].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 173 of this title.
