10 chapters · 530 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 23-1301 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Labor organization" means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with em…
A.R.S. § 23-1302 Prohibition of agreements denying employment because of nonmembership in labor organization
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No person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of nonmembership in a labor organization, nor shall the state or any subdivision thereof, or any corporation, individual, or association of any kind enter into an agreement, written or oral, which ex…
A.R.S. § 23-1303 Illegality of acts or agreements violating article; strike or picketing for illegal purpose
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A. Any act or provision in an agreement which is in violation of this article is illegal and void. B. Any strike or picketing to force or induce an employer to make an agreement orally or in writing in violation of this article is for an illegal purpose.
A.R.S. § 23-1304 Prohibition of threatened or actual interference with a person, his family or property to compel him to join labor organization, strike or leave employment
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It is unlawful for an employee, labor organization, or officer, agent or member thereof, by any threatened or actual interference with the person, his immediate family or his property, to compel or attempt to compel such person to join a labor organization, to strike against his …
A.R.S. § 23-1305 Prohibition of conspiracy to induce persons to refuse to work with persons not members of labor organization
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A combination or conspiracy by two or more persons to cause the discharge of any person or to cause him to be denied employment because he is not a member of a labor organization by inducing or attempting to induce any other person to refuse to work with such person, is illegal.
A.R.S. § 23-1306 Civil liability of person violating article
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A person who violates any provision of this article, or who enters into an agreement containing a provision declared illegal by this article, or who brings about the discharge of or denial of employment to any person because of nonmembership in a labor organization shall be liabl…
A.R.S. § 23-1307 Injunctive relief from injury resulting from violation of article
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A person injured or threatened with injury by an act declared illegal by this article shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, be entitled to injunctive relief therefrom.
A.R.S. § 23-1321 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Concerted interference with lawful exercise of business activity" means to do either of the following by the use of force, intimidation, violence, threats of unlawful activity, destruction of the employer's real or intan…
A.R.S. § 23-1322 Unlawful picketing
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A. It is unlawful for a labor organization to picket any establishment unless there exists between the employer and the majority of employees of such establishment a bona fide dispute regarding wages or working conditions. B. It is unlawful for a labor organization to engage in p…
A.R.S. § 23-1323 Injunctive relief; damages
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A. Unlawful picketing, trespassory assembly, unlawful mass assembly, concerted interference with lawful exercise of business activity and engaging in a secondary boycott are illegal and a person against whom any of these activities is directed or who is injured by these activitie…
A.R.S. § 23-1324 Violations; classification
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A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor and shall pay a fine of not less than two hundred dollars. B. A person who violates section 23-1322, 23-1327 or 23-1328 at a property li…
A.R.S. § 23-1325 Defamation; damages
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A. A person commits defamation of an employer by doing all of the following: 1. Maliciously making a false statement about the employer to a third party without privilege. 2. Knowingly, recklessly or negligently disregarding the falsity of the statement. 3. Causing damage to the …
A.R.S. § 23-1327 Unlawful mass assembly
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A. A person shall not do any of the following: 1. Hinder or prevent the pursuit of any lawful work or employment by mass assembly, unlawful threats or force. 2. Obstruct or interfere with entrance to or egress from any place of employment, including by intentionally operating a m…
A.R.S. § 23-1328 Trespassory assembly
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A labor organization or individual or group that acts on behalf of employees shall not engage in trespassory assembly.
A.R.S. § 23-1329 Publicizing enjoined picketing or assembly; prohibition
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A person shall not declare or publicize the continued existence of actual or constructive picketing or assembly at a point or directed against a premises, if a court of competent jurisdiction has enjoined the continuation of the picketing or assembly at that point or premises.
A.R.S. § 23-1341 Invalidity of employment agreement not to join, become or remain member of labor or employers' organization
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Every undertaking or promise made, whether written or oral, express or implied, is contrary to public policy and void and shall not afford any reason for granting legal or equitable relief, when constituted or contained in a contract or agreement of hiring or employment between a…
A.R.S. § 23-1342 Compelling or coercing another not to join labor union as requisite to employment; classification
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A person who coerces or compels any other person to enter into an agreement, either written or oral, not to join or become a member of a labor organization, as a condition of the other person obtaining employment or continuing in the employment of such person, is guilty of a clas…
A.R.S. § 23-1361 Blacklist; definition; exceptions; privileged communications; immunity
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A. "Blacklist" means any understanding or agreement whereby the names of any person or persons, list of names, descriptions or other means of identification shall be spoken, written, printed or implied for the purpose of being communicated or transmitted between two or more emplo…
A.R.S. § 23-1362 Blacklisting; classification
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A. A person commits blacklisting if he knowingly exchanges, solicits or gives out any labor blacklist. B. A person who commits blacklisting is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 23-1381 Declaration of policy
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that the uninterrupted production, packing, processing, transporting and marketing of agricultural products are vital to the public interest. It is also declared to be the policy of this state that agricultural employees are fr…
A.R.S. § 23-1382 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agricultural employee, permanent" means any employee who is over sixteen years of age, who has been employed by a particular agricultural employer for at least six months during the preceding calendar year and who is eng…
A.R.S. § 23-1383 Rights of employees
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A. Agricultural employees have the right to self-organization, to bargain directly for themselves, and to form and join or assist labor organizations to bargain collectively through representatives of their own free choosing, or to engage in lawful concerted activity for the purp…
A.R.S. § 23-1384 Rights of employer
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An agricultural employer has the following management rights: 1. To manage, control and conduct his operations, including but not limited to the number of farms and their locations, methods of carrying on any operation or practices, kinds of crops, time of work, size and makeup o…
A.R.S. § 23-1385 Unfair labor practices; definition
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A. It is an unfair labor practice for an agricultural employer: 1. To interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 23-1383 and articles 1 and 3 of this chapter or to violate the protection of employees from the practices describ…
A.R.S. § 23-1386 Agricultural employment relations board; members; terms; appointment
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A. An agricultural employment relations board is established that consists of seven members. B. The governor shall appoint the members of the board. Two of the members shall be appointed as representatives of agriculture employers, two of the members appointed shall be representa…
A.R.S. § 23-1387 Powers and duties
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A. By one or more of its members or by such agents or agencies as it may designate, the board may prosecute any inquiry necessary to its functions in any part of this state. A member of the board who participates in any such inquiry shall not be disqualified from subsequently par…
A.R.S. § 23-1388 Officers and employees of the board
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A. The board may appoint an executive secretary and such attorneys and other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties. Compensation for all such personnel shall be as determined pursuant to section 38-611. B. The board may not …
A.R.S. § 23-1389 Representatives and elections
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A. Representatives selected by a secret ballot for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the agricultural employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes are the exclusive representatives of all of the agricultural employees in such unit for the purpose of co…
A.R.S. § 23-1390 Prevention of unfair labor practices
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A. The board, as provided in this section, may prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice. B. If it is charged that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, the board, or any agent or agency designated by the board for such pu…
A.R.S. § 23-1391 Investigatory powers
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A. The board, or its duly authorized agent or agencies, shall have access to, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy any evidence of any person being investigated or proceeded against that relates to any matter under investigation or in que…
A.R.S. § 23-1392 Violation; classification
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Any person who knowingly resists, prevents, impedes or interferes with any member of the board or any of its agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this article or who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. This section doe…
A.R.S. § 23-1393 Court jurisdiction
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A. Any person who is aggrieved or is injured in his business or property by reason of any violation of this article, or a violation of an injunction issued as provided in this section, may sue in the superior court in the county having jurisdiction of the parties for recovery of …
A.R.S. § 23-1394 Scope of article
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This article applies only to such persons, labor organizations or activities as are not within the jurisdiction of the national labor relations act or the jurisdictional guidelines established by the national labor relations board.
A.R.S. § 23-1395 Limitations
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A. Nothing in this article, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be construed as to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right. B. Nothing in this article prohibits any individual e…
A.R.S. § 23-1411 Public safety employee organizational rights; definition
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A. Public safety employees serving any city, town, county or fire district in this state have the right to join employee associations which comply with the laws of this state and have freedom to present proposals and testimony to the governing body of any city, town, county or fi…
A.R.S. § 23-1421 Third-party benefits organizations; damages; exemptions; exclusive remedy; statute of limitations; applicability; definitions
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1. For health, pension or vacation or sick leave benefits, any monies paid by or for the employee during a twelve-month period that is more than one hundred twenty percent of the cost of equivalent health, pension or vacation or sick leave benefits. To show equivalency, the plain…
A.R.S. § 23-1431 Public employers; public monies; contracts; union activities; standing; state preemption; definitions
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B. A public employer may not enter into an employment contract with a public employee to engage in union activities or provide paid leave or any form of compensation for the purposes of engaging in union activities. An employment contract that violates this section is against pub…