2021 US Code
Title 29 - Labor
Chapter 7 - Labor-Management Relations
Subchapter IV - Liabilities of and Restrictions on Labor and Management
Sec. 187 - Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages

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Citation 29 U.S.C. § 187 (2021)
Section Name §187. Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages
Section Text

(a) It shall be unlawful, for the purpose of this section only, in an industry or activity affecting commerce, for any labor organization to engage in any activity or conduct defined as an unfair labor practice in section 158(b)(4) of this title.

(b) Whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason or 1 any violation of subsection (a) may sue therefor in any district court of the United States subject to the limitations and provisions of section 185 of this title without respect to the amount in controversy, or in any other court having jurisdiction of the parties, and shall recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of the suit.

Source Credit

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, §303, 61 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 86–257, title VII, §704(e), Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 545.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

1959—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–257 struck out provisions which specified particular practices that were unlawful, and inserted reference to practices defined in section 158(b)(4) of this title, which section defines the unfair labor practices formerly enumerated in this subsection.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "of".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 IV - LIABILITIES OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 187 - Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages
Contains section 187
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 158
73 Stat. 545
Public Law References Public Law 86-257
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