Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

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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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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 Title I Bill of Rights of Members of Labor Organizations ⓘ
Title II Reporting by Labor Organizations, Officers and Employees ⓘ
Title III Trusteeships ⓘ
Title IV Elections ⓘ
Title V Safeguards for Labor Organizations ⓘ
Title VI Miscellaneous Provisions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1959-09-14 ⓘ
enactedBy 86th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes 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 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1959 ⓘ

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