Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations

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provision of U.S. labor law section of federal statute

Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations is the section of U.S. federal labor law that guarantees union members basic democratic rights within their unions, such as free speech, fair elections, and protection from improper disciplinary actions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act	2
Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations	1
Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	provision of U.S. labor law ⓘ section of federal statute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ surface form: LMRDA Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations
appliesTo	labor organizations engaged in an industry affecting commerce ⓘ local labor organizations ⓘ members of labor organizations ⓘ national labor organizations ⓘ
codifiedIn	29 U.S.C. §§ 411–415 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enforcedBy	United States Department of Labor ⓘ federal courts ⓘ
guaranteesRight	equal rights to participate in union activities ⓘ freedom of assembly within labor organizations ⓘ freedom of speech within labor organizations ⓘ protection from improper disciplinary action ⓘ right to a fair hearing before discipline ⓘ right to attend membership meetings subject to reasonable rules ⓘ right to due process in internal union discipline ⓘ right to express views, arguments, or opinions about union affairs ⓘ right to nominate candidates for union office ⓘ right to participate in union meetings ⓘ right to receive copies of collective bargaining agreements ⓘ right to sue ⓘ right to vote in union elections ⓘ
historicalContext	enacted in response to concerns about corruption and lack of democracy in some unions ⓘ
legalDomain	labor law ⓘ union democracy ⓘ
partOf	Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act Title I–VI structure ⓘ Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ⓘ
prohibits	discipline of members for exercising protected speech rights ⓘ fines, suspensions, expulsions, or other discipline without due process ⓘ retaliation against members for filing charges or lawsuits ⓘ
protectsAgainst	arbitrary or excessive union discipline ⓘ denial of equal rights to union members ⓘ interference with members’ rights to communicate with each other about union affairs ⓘ
providesRemedy	civil action by individual union members ⓘ
purpose	to prevent abuses by union officers and officials ⓘ to promote union democracy ⓘ to protect individual rights of union members ⓘ
relatedTo	fiduciary responsibilities of union officers under LMRDA Title V ⓘ union elections regulation under LMRDA Title IV ⓘ
requires	a full and fair hearing before union discipline ⓘ reasonable time to prepare a defense in disciplinary proceedings ⓘ written specific charges before internal union discipline ⓘ
scopeLimitation	does not apply to employers directly ⓘ does not regulate collective bargaining outcomes ⓘ
sectionNumber	Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
yearEnacted	1959 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Landrum–Griffin Act → establishes → Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations ⓘ

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

Landrum–Griffin Act → title → Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations ⓘ

union member bill of rights → legalBasis → Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations → sectionNumber → Title I – Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act