Title 22 — Business Regulation

(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that workers must be protected without regard to whether they are unionized. The right to work is an inherent right of an individual and is an integral part of the right to live. (b) The policy of Guam, in the exercise of its sovereign police power…

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Guam that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or non-membership in any labor union or labor organization.

It shall be unlawful for any employer: 1) to require any employee, as a condition of employment, or of continuance of employment, to be or become or remain a member of affiliate of any labor organization or agency; COL120106 (2) to require any employee, as a condition of employme…

A contract is void if it requires, that to work for an employer, employees or applicants for employment: (1) must be, or may not be, members of a labor union; or (2) must remain, or may not remain, members of a labor union. ' 4105. Unlawful Agreements. Any agreement or combinatio…

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A labor union; labor organizer; or an officer, member, agent, or representative of a labor union may not collect, receive or demand, directly or indirectly, a fee as a work permit or as a condition for the privilege to work from a person who is not a member of the union.

Nothing in this Chapter shall preclude any employer from deducting from the wages of the employees and paying over to any labor organization, or its authorized representative, membership dues in a labor organization; provided, that the employer has received from each employee who…

It shall be unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with one (1) or more persons: (1) to interfere, or attempt to interfere, by force, intimidation, violence or threats thereof, with any person in the exercise of their right: to work; to pursue or engage in, any lawfu…

Provisions. It shall be unlawful for any labor organization to enter into or seek to effect any agreement, contract or arrangement with any employer declared to be unlawful by this Act.

Any employer, labor organization or other person whomsoever who shall violate any provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof in any Court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten (10), nor more…

Any person whose rights are adversely affected by any contract, agreement, assemblage or other act or thing done or threatened to be done and declared to be unlawful, or prohibited by this Chapter, shall have the right to apply to any Court having general equity jurisdiction for …

The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any contract, otherwise lawful, in force and effect on the effective date of this Act, but they shall apply to all contracts thereafter concluded and to any renewal or extension of existing contracts.

The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to conflict with provisions of the Guam Employment Relations Act, Chapter 5 of Division 1 of Title 22 of the Guam Code Annotated.

If any provision of this Act or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it…