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18 U.S.C. § 1231 — Transportation of strikebreakers

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 106 words · no verdicts yet

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The section punishes transporting people in interstate or foreign commerce to use force or threats against peaceful picketing or employee self-organization and collective bargaining. Common carriers are excluded.

A person who willfully transports in interstate or foreign commerce someone employed or to be employed to obstruct or interfere, by force or threats, with (1) peaceful employee picketing during a labor dispute about wages, hours, or working conditions, or (2) employees’ rights of self-organization or collective bargaining, commits the offense. A person who knowingly is transported or travels in interstate or foreign commerce for any of those purposes also commits the offense. The person may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to two years, or both. This section does not apply to common carriers.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever willfully transports in interstate or foreign commerce any person who is employed or is to be employed for the purpose of obstructing or interfering by force or threats with (1) peaceful picketing by employees during any labor controversy affecting wages, hours, or conditions of labor, or (2) the exercise by employees of any of the rights of self-organization or collective bargaining; or

Whoever is knowingly transported or travels in interstate or foreign commerce for any of the purposes enumerated in this section—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

This section shall not apply to common carriers.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 760; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 30, 63 Stat. 94; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 760
  • 1949Amended · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 94
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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