2018 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 7 - Labor-Management Relations
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 142 - Definitions

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 142 (2018)
Section Name §142. Definitions
Section Text

When used in this chapter—

(1) The term "industry affecting commerce" means any industry or activity in commerce or in which a labor dispute would burden or obstruct commerce or tend to burden or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce.

(2) The term "strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.

(3) The terms "commerce", "labor disputes", "employer", "employee", "labor organization", "representative", "person", and "supervisor" shall have the same meaning as when used in subchapter II of this chapter.

Source Credit

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title V, §501, 61 Stat. 161.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

Subchapter II of this chapter, referred to in par. (3), was in the original "the National Labor Relations Act as amended by this Act" [29 U.S.C. §151 et seq.].

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 29 - LABOR
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 7 - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 142 - Definitions
Contains section 142
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 161
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