Title 49 — Title 49 LABOR REGULATIONS
40 chapters · 645 sections in this title.
RCW 49.36.010 Unions legalized.
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It shall be lawful for working men and women to organize themselves into, or carry on labor unions for the purpose of lessening the hours of labor or increasing the wages or bettering the conditions of the members of such organizations; or carry out their legitimate purposes by a…
RCW 49.36.015 Injunctions in labor disputes.
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No restraining order or injunction shall be granted by any court of this state, or any judge or judges thereof in any case between an employer and employee or between employer and employees or between employees or between persons employed and persons seeking employment involving …
RCW 49.36.020 Employment contracts—Remedy for violation.
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The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce, and the right to enter into the relation of employer and employee or to change that relation except in violation of contract is a legal right. In all cases involving the violation of the contract of employment,…
RCW 49.36.030 Prosecutions prohibited.
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No person shall be indicted, prosecuted, or tried in any court of this state for entering into or carrying on any lawful arrangement, agreement, or combination between themselves made with a view of lessening the number of hours of labor or increasing wages or bettering the condi…
RCW 49.36.040 Certain communications—Privilege from examination and disclosure.
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The privilege established by RCW 5.60.060(11) shall apply to all labor unions covered by this chapter.[ 2023 c 202 s 9.]Notes:Findings—2023 c 202: See note following RCW 5.60.060.
RCW 49.36.100 Public employer collective bargaining agreements—Waiver of statutory rights.
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(1) A public employer may not require a worker to waive any statutory right to make a claim arising out of state or federal law as a condition of settling a grievance under a collective bargaining agreement.(2) "Public employer" has the same meaning as in RCW 49.44.170.[ 2025 c 3…