2013 New York Consolidated Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 20-A - (720 - 732) LABOR AND MANAGEMENT IMPROPER PRACTICES ACT
721 - Definitions.

 
    § 721. Definitions. When used in this article, the term:
    1.   "Person"   includes   one   or  more  individuals,  partnerships,
  associations, or corporations, whether acting for  themselves  or  in  a
  representative capacity.
    2.  "Labor  organization"  means  any  organization  of any kind which
  exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of  representing  employees
  employed  within  the  state  of  New  York in dealing with employers or
  employer organizations or with a state government, or any  political  or
  civil   subdivision  or  other  agency  thereof,  concerning  terms  and
  conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or  other  matters
  incidental  to the employment relationship, and shall include the parent
  national or international organization of a local labor organization.
    3. "Employer" means any person  conducting  a  business  or  employing
  another  within  the  state  of  New York, but shall not include a state
  government or  any  political  or  civil  subdivision  or  other  agency
  thereof.
    4.  "Employer  organization"  means any organization of any kind which
  exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of  representing  employers
  in  dealing  with  employees or labor organizations concerning terms and
  conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or  other  matters
  incidental  to  the  employment  relationship  at  a  place  of business
  maintained in the state of New York.
    5.  "Labor  relations  consultant"   means   any   person   who,   for
  compensation,  advises or represents an employer, employer organization,
  or  labor  organization  concerning   employee   organizing,   concerted
  activities  or collective bargaining activities, but shall not include a
  director,  officer  or  regular  employee  of  such  employer,  employer
  organization  or  labor  organization,  or  an  attorney  engaged in the
  practice of law.
    6. "Officer" means  any  person  holding  or  in  fact  performing  or
  authorized  to  perform the functions of an office named or described in
  the  constitution,  charter,  articles  of  incorporation,  articles  of
  association or by-laws of a labor organization or employer organization.
    7.  "Agent"  means  any  person, other than an attorney engaged in the
  practice of law, who represents or is authorized to  represent  a  labor
  organization  or  employer  organization,  alone  or  with others in its
  dealings with employers,  employees,  members,  employer  organizations,
  labor  organizations,  or  other  persons,  regardless  of  whether  his
  relationship to the labor organization or employer organization is  that
  of an independent contractor or employee.