§ 1209. — Applicability of Federal labor laws.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC1209]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART II--PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 12--EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
Sec. 1209. Applicability of Federal labor laws
(a) Employee-management relations shall, to the extent not
inconsistent with provisions of this title, be subject to the provisions
of subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 29.
(b) The provisions of chapter 11 of title 29 shall be applicable to
labor organizations that have or are seeking to attain recognition under
section 1203 of this title, and to such organizations, officers, agents,
shop stewards, other representatives, and members to the extent to which
such provisions would be applicable if the Postal Service were an
employer under section 402 of title 29. In addition to the authority
conferred on him under section 438 of title 29, the Secretary of Labor
shall have authority, by regulation issued with the written concurrence
of the Postal Service, to prescribe simplified reports for any such
labor organization. The Secretary of Labor may revoke such provision for
simplified forms of any such labor organization if he determines, after
such investigation as he deems proper and after due notice and
opportunity for a hearing, that the purposes of this chapter and of
chapter 11 of title 29 would be served thereby.
(c) Each employee of the Postal Service shall have the right, freely
and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join, and assist a
labor organization or to refrain from any such activity, and each
employee shall be protected in the exercise of this right.
(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 737.)
