§171 — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

Summary

The United States wants employers and employee representatives to settle work disputes by talking and negotiating. The government should provide neutral help like conciliation, mediation, and voluntary arbitration to help them reach and keep agreements about pay, hours, and working conditions. The government should also help include contract rules for giving notice of proposed changes, for final grievance handling, and for other protections that help prevent future disputes.

Title 29, §171

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It is the policy of the United States that—

(a)sound and stable industrial peace and the advancement of the general welfare, health, and safety of the Nation and of the best interests of employers and employees can most satisfactorily be secured by the settlement of issues between employers and employees through the processes of conference and collective bargaining between employers and the representatives of their employees;

(b)the settlement of issues between employers and employees through collective bargaining may be advanced by making available full and adequate governmental facilities for conciliation, mediation, and voluntary arbitration to aid and encourage employers and the representatives of their employees to reach and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, hours, and working conditions, and to make all reasonable efforts to settle their differences by mutual agreement reached through conferences and collective bargaining or by such methods as may be provided for in any applicable agreement for the settlement of disputes; and

(c)certain controversies which arise between parties to collective-bargaining agreements may be avoided or minimized by making available full and adequate governmental facilities for furnishing assistance to employers and the representatives of their employees in formulating for inclusion within such agreements provision for adequate notice of any proposed changes in the terms of such agreements, for the final adjustment of grievances or questions regarding the application or interpretation of such agreements, and other provisions designed to prevent the subsequent arising of such controversies.

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Executive Documents

Executive Order No. 11482 Ex. Ord. No. 11482, Sept. 22, 1969, 34 F.R. 14723, which related to the

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Industry Collective Bargaining Commission, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12110, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1069, formerly set out as a note under section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Executive Order No. 11849 Ex. Ord. No. 11849, Apr. 1, 1975, 40 F.R. 14887, which related to the Collective Bargaining Committee in

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, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12110, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1069, formerly set out as a note under section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§171 Declaration of purpose and policy

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Title 29, §171

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