2013 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 8 - RAILWAY LABOR (§§ 151 - 188)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 151 - 165)
Section 151a - General purposes

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 45 - RAILROADS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 45 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 8 - RAILWAY LABOR
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 151a - General purposes
Containssection 151a
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditMay 20, 1926, ch. 347, §2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, §2, 48 Stat. 1186.
Statutes at Large References44 Stat. 577
48 Stat. 1186

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General purposes - 45 U.S.C. § 151a (2013)
§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.)

CODIFICATION

Section 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.

AMENDMENTS

1934—Act June 21, 1934, reenacted provisions comprising this section without change.

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