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[CITE: 29USC174]

 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                  CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
 
  SUBCHAPTER III--CONCILIATION OF LABOR DISPUTES; NATIONAL EMERGENCIES
 
Sec. 174. Co-equal obligations of employees, their 
        representatives, and management to minimize labor disputes
        
    (a) \1\ In order to prevent or minimize interruptions of the free 
flow of commerce growing out of labor disputes, employers and employees 
and their representatives, in any industry affecting commerce, shall--
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    \1\ So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
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        (1) exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain 
    agreements concerning rates of pay, hours, and working conditions, 
    including provision for adequate notice of any proposed change in 
    the terms of such agreements;
        (2) whenever a dispute arises over the terms or application of a 
    collective-bargaining agreement and a conference is requested by a 
    party or prospective party thereto, arrange promptly for such a 
    conference to be held and endeavor in such conference to settle such 
    dispute expeditiously; and
        (3) in case such dispute is not settled by conference, 
    participate fully and promptly in such meetings as may be undertaken 
    by the Service under this chapter for the purpose of aiding in a 
    settlement of the dispute.

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, Sec. 204, 61 Stat. 154.)
