2007 U.S. Code
Title 45 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 8 - RAILWAY LABOR
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 151a - General purposes
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 45 - RAILROADS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 45 - RAILROADS CHAPTER 8 - RAILWAY LABOR SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 151a - General purposes |
| Contains | section 151a |
| Date | 2007 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 20, 1926, ch. 347, §2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, §2, 48 Stat. 1186. |
| Statutes at Large References | 44 Stat. 577 48 Stat. 1186 |
§151a. General purposes
The purposes of the chapter are: (1) To avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein; (2) to forbid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any denial, as a condition of employment or otherwise, of the right of employees to join a labor organization; (3) to provide for the complete independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (4) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions.
(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, §2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, §2, 48 Stat. 1186.)
CodificationSection is comprised of the first sentence of section 2 of act May 20, 1926. The remainder of section 2 of act May 20, 1926, is classified to section 152 of this title.
Amendments1934—Act June 21, 1934, reenacted provisions comprising this section without change.
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