Title 29LaborRelease 119-73

§174 Co-equal obligations of employees, their representatives, and management to minimize labor disputes

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES › § 174

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

To avoid or reduce interruptions to commerce from labor disputes, employers, employees, and their representatives in industries that affect commerce must try to make and keep agreements on pay, hours, and working conditions and give adequate notice before changing those terms. If a dispute about such a contract arises and a meeting is requested, they must promptly hold the conference and, if not settled, take part quickly in meetings held by the Service under this chapter to help resolve it.

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Title 29, §174

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(a)11 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted. In order to prevent or minimize interruptions of the free flow of commerce growing out of labor disputes, employers and employees and their representatives, in any industry affecting commerce, shall—
(1)exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, hours, and working conditions, including provision for adequate notice of any proposed change in the terms of such agreements;
(2)whenever a dispute arises over the terms or application of a collective-bargaining agreement and a conference is requested by a party or prospective party thereto, arrange promptly for such a conference to be held and endeavor in such conference to settle such dispute expeditiously; and
(3)in case such dispute is not settled by conference, participate fully and promptly in such meetings as may be undertaken by the Service under this chapter for the purpose of aiding in a settlement of the dispute.

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29 U.S.C. § 174

Title 29Labor

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73