Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§483 Application of Other Laws; Existing Rights and Remedies; Exclusiveness of Remedy for Challenging Election
Title 29 › CHAPTER 11 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › SUBCHAPTER V — ELECTIONS › § 483
Summary
Unions must hold officer elections following their own rules unless this subchapter says otherwise. Existing ways to enforce those rules before an election stay the same, but any challenge after an election must use the remedy this subchapter provides.
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Title 29, §483
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No labor organization shall be required by law to conduct elections of officers with greater frequency or in a different form or manner than is required by its own constitution or bylaws, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. Existing rights and remedies to enforce the constitution and bylaws of a labor organization with respect to elections prior to the conduct thereof shall not be affected by the provisions of this subchapter. The remedy provided by this subchapter for challenging an election already conducted shall be exclusive.
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Section applicable ninety days after Sept. 14, 1959, in the case of certain labor organizations, see section 404 of Pub. L. 86–257, set out as a note under section 481 of this title.
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29 U.S.C. § 483
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102