§ 157. Right of employees as to organization, collective bargaining, etc.

Statutory text

Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 158(a)(3) of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1935
Pub. L. 74–372 § 7 · 49 Stat. 449
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 157
July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 7, 49 Stat. 452
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 7, 49 Stat. 452
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. rights of employees Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities, for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1947—Act June 23, 1947, restated rights of employees to bargain collectively and inserted provision that they have right to refrain from joining in concerted activities with their fellow employees.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1947 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by act June 23, 1947, see section 104 of act June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.

Credits

1935–1947 · 2 acts

1935July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 7, 49 Stat. 452
1947June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.

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(July 5, 1935, ch. 372, § 7, 49 Stat. 452; June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 140.)