§1208 — Title 39 Postal Service | U.S. Code

Summary

Gives U.S. courts the same power to hear cases brought by the National Labor Relations Board under this law as they have for cases under title 29. Contract disputes between the Postal Service and a postal labor union, or between unions, can be filed in any U.S. district court that has the parties, no matter how much money is at issue. A labor union and the Postal Service are bound by what their agents do for them. A union can sue and be sued as one group and can act for its members. Money judgments against a union can only be collected from the union itself and its assets, not from individual members. A U.S. district court has power over a union where the union’s main office is or where its officers or agents represent members. Giving legal papers to an officer or agent while acting for the union counts as giving them to the union.

Title 39, §1208

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(a)The courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction with respect to actions brought by the National Labor Relations Board under this chapter to the same extent that they have jurisdiction with respect to actions under title 29.

(b)Suits for violation of contracts between the Postal Service and a labor organization representing Postal Service employees, or between any such labor organizations, may be brought in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to the amount in controversy.

(c)A labor organization and the Postal Service shall be bound by the authorized acts of their agents. Any labor organization may sue or be sued as an entity and in behalf of the employees whom it represents in the courts of the United States. Any money judgment against a labor organization in a district court of the United States shall be enforcible only against the organization as an entity and against its assets, and shall not be enforcible against any individual member or his assets.

(d)For the purposes of actions and proceedings by or against labor organizations in the district courts of the United States, district courts shall be deemed to have jurisdiction of a labor organization (1) in the district in which such organization maintains its principal offices, or (2) in any district in which its duly authorized officers or agents are engaged in representing or acting for employee members.

(e)The service of summons, subpena, or other legal process of any court of the United States upon an officer or agent of a labor organization, in his capacity as such, shall constitute service upon the labor organization.

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Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.

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