§142 — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. Industry affecting commerce means any business or activity that takes part in trade or where a worker dispute could slow or block trade. Strike means any group work stoppage, slowdown, or other coordinated interruption by employees, including when a contract ends. The words commerce, labor disputes, employer, employee, labor organization, representative, person, and supervisor mean the same as they do in subchapter II.

Title 29, §142

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When used in this chapter—

(1)The term “industry affecting commerce” means any industry or activity in commerce or in which a labor dispute would burden or obstruct commerce or tend to burden or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce.

(2)The term “strike” includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees (including a stoppage by reason of the expiration of a collective-bargaining agreement) and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.

(3)The terms “commerce”, “labor disputes”, “employer”, “employee”, “labor organization”, “representative”, “person”, and “supervisor” shall have the same meaning as when used in subchapter II of this chapter.

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Subchapter II of this chapter, referred to in par. (3), was in the original “the National Labor Relations Act as amended by this Act” [29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.].

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