Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73not60
§462 Purposes for Establishment of Trusteeship
Title 29 › Chapter 11— LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › Subchapter IV— TRUSTEESHIPS › § 462
Summary
A union must set up and run a trusteeship over a lower-level group only under the union’s own rules. It can do this only to fix corruption or money problems, make sure contracts and representative duties are carried out, restore fair democratic processes, or carry out the union’s proper purposes.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §462
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Trusteeships shall be established and administered by a labor organization over a subordinate body only in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the organization which has assumed trusteeship over the subordinate body and for the purpose of correcting corruption or financial malpractice, assuring the performance of collective bargaining agreements or other duties of a bargaining representative, restoring democratic procedures, or otherwise carrying out the legitimate objects of such labor organization.
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29 U.S.C. § 462
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60