Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§163 Right to Strike Preserved
Title 29 › CHAPTER 7 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS › § 163
Summary
It keeps the right to strike and its limits intact unless this part says otherwise.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §163
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Nothing in this subchapter, except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1947—Act June 23, 1947, amended section so as to provide that except as specifically provided for in this subchapter nothing shall interfere with or diminish the right to strike and that nothing was to be construed to affect the limitations or qualifications on the right to strike, thus recognizing that the right to strike is not an unlimited and unqualified right.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1947 AmendmentFor
Effective Date
of amendment by act
June 23, 1947, see section 104 of act
June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 163
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102