Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

E10855

United States federal statute employment law labor law

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 is a U.S. federal law that regulates internal union affairs and union–management relations, emphasizing financial transparency, democratic procedures, and protections for union members’ rights.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act	3
Bill of Rights for union members	1
Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations	1
LMRA	1
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act	1
Title I Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations	1
Title II Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers and Employees	1
Title II – Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers, and Employees	1
Title V Safeguards for Labor Organizations	1
Title V – Safeguards for Labor Organizations	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ employment law ⓘ labor law ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of Labor-Management Standards ⓘ United States Department of Labor ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure financial transparency in unions ⓘ prevent corruption in labor organizations ⓘ promote union democracy ⓘ protect union members’ rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Landrum–Griffin Act ⓘ
appliesTo	labor organizations representing certain federal employees ⓘ labor organizations representing private-sector employees ⓘ
authorizes	civil actions by union members to enforce rights ⓘ criminal penalties for willful violations ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 29 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsTitle	Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title I Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title II Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers and Employees Title III Trusteeships ⓘ Title IV Elections ⓘ Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title V Safeguards for Labor Organizations Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateSigned	1959-09-14 ⓘ
enactedBy	86th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights for union members
guarantees	equal rights to participate in union activities ⓘ freedom of speech and assembly for union members ⓘ protection against improper disciplinary action by unions ⓘ
historicalContext	post–World War II labor reform ⓘ response to corruption in some labor unions ⓘ
jurisdiction	private-sector labor organizations engaged in interstate commerce ⓘ
namedAfter	Philip M. Landrum ⓘ Robert P. Griffin ⓘ
prohibits	certain employer payments to union officials ⓘ embezzlement of union funds ⓘ loans of union funds to union officers above specified limits ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 86-257 ⓘ
regulates	internal union affairs ⓘ labor unions ⓘ labor–management relations ⓘ union financial reporting ⓘ union officer elections ⓘ union–employer reporting ⓘ
relatedTo	National Labor Relations Act ⓘ Taft–Hartley Act ⓘ
requires	financial reports by labor organizations ⓘ financial reports by union officers and employees ⓘ regular union officer elections ⓘ reports by employers on certain labor relations expenditures ⓘ reports by labor relations consultants ⓘ secret-ballot elections for union officers ⓘ
shortName	LMRDA ⓘ
signedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
signingPresident	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	73 Stat. 519 ⓘ
titleOfAct	Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-link ⓘ
yearEnacted	1959 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landrum–Griffin Act → alsoKnownAs → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Taft–Hartley Act → alsoKnownAs → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: LMRA

National Labor Relations Act → amendedBy → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → containsTitle → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → containsTitle → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers and Employees

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → containsTitle → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title V Safeguards for Labor Organizations

Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions → enactedAsPartOf → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

LMRDA → establishes → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → establishes → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bill of Rights for union members

LMRDA → fullName → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Landrum–Griffin Act → fullName → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

United States labor law → hasKeyFederalStatute → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Public Law 86-257 → hasOfficialName → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

OLMS → legalAuthority → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

Office of Labor-Management Standards → legalBasis → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions → partOf → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

Landrum–Griffin Act → title → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title II – Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers, and Employees

Landrum–Griffin Act → title → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title V – Safeguards for Labor Organizations

Public Law 86-257 → title → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 → titleOfAct → Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 self-link ⓘ