2017 US Code
Title 45 - Railroads
Chapter 8 - Railway Labor
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 151a - General purposes

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Citation 45 U.S.C. § 151a (2017)
Section Name §151a. General purposes
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, §2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, §2, 48 Stat. 1186.)

Editorial Notes 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 44 Stat. 577
48 Stat. 1186
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