Chapter 150

Section 3. The mayor of a city or the selectmen of a town, having knowledge that a strike or lockout is seriously threatened or has actually occurred therein, shall at once give notice to the board. Notice may be given by the employer or by the employees concerned in the controve…

Section 4. The provisions of sections twenty-two and twenty-three of chapter one hundred and forty-nine relative to advertising during strikes shall cease to be operative when the board shall determine that the business of the employer, in respect to which the strike or other lab…

Section 5. If a controversy exists between an employer and his employees, the board shall, upon application as provided in the following section, as soon as practicable visit the place where the controversy exists and make careful inquiry into its cause, and may, with the consent…

Section 6. The application shall be signed by the employer or by a majority of his employees in the department of the business in which the controversy exists, or by their duly authorized agent, or by both parties, and if signed by an agent claiming to represent a majority of the…

Section 7. In all controversies in which application is made under the preceding section, each party may, in writing, nominate fit persons to act in the case as expert assistants to the board, and the board may appoint one from among the persons so nominated by each party. Said e…

Section 8. In all investigations, and inquiries or proceedings conducted by the board, any member thereof may summon witnesses, may administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of books and documents. Each witness shall certify in writing the amount of his travel …

Section 9. The parties to any controversy described in section five may submit it in writing to a local board of conciliation and arbitration, which may be composed either of three members mutually agreed upon, or of a member chosen by the employer, a member chosen by the employe…