8 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 1 Findings and public policy
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Section 1. The general court hereby finds that the distribution of food, fuel, water, electric light and power, gas, and hospital and medical services is essential to the public health and safety and that the settlement of industrial disputes which threaten substantial interrupti…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 2 Definitions
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Section 2. When used in this chapter— ''Person'' includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers. ''Employer'' includes any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 3 Labor disputes threatening distribution of essential goods or services; procedures for settlement; change of conditions of labor and interruption of work
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Section 3. In the event that the secretary of labor and workforce development finds that a labor dispute has not been settled by collective bargaining and imminently threatens a substantial interruption in the production or distribution of essential goods or services, he shall ce…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 4 Declarations of emergency; emergency procedures; unlawful activities; labor or service without consent; termination of emergency and arrangements; restoration of facilities; enforcement of statute
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Section 4. (a) Whenever the governor finds that as a result of a labor dispute an interruption of production or distribution has occurred or is imminently threatened which would curtail the availability of essential goods or services to such an extent as to endanger the health or…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 5 Relief against violations of statutes; injunction
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Section 5. (a) No person, other than the commonwealth as provided in subsection (b) hereof and except as provided in subsection (c) of section four, shall be entitled to legal or equitable relief in any court of the commonwealth as a result of a violation of any provision of this…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 6 Partial invalidity
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Section 6. If any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, s…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 7 Employees subject to Federal Railway Labor Act
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Section 7. None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any dispute involving employees who are subject to and protected by the Federal Railway Labor Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, § 8 Fees, expenses and facilities for moderators and members of commissions and boards
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Section 8. Any person appointed by the governor to serve as a moderator or as a member of a special commission or as an impartial member of an emergency board or any person selected as an impartial member of an emergency board under the provisions of this act, shall receive a per…