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[CITE: 45USC151a]

 
                           TITLE 45--RAILROADS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--RAILWAY LABOR
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 151a. General purposes

    The purposes of the chapter are: (1) To avoid any interruption to 
commerce or to the operation of any carrier engaged therein; (2) to 
forbid any limitation upon freedom of association among employees or any 
denial, as a condition of employment or otherwise, of the right of 
employees to join a labor organization; (3) to provide for the complete 
independence of carriers and of employees in the matter of self-
organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (4) to provide 
for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates 
of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and 
orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances or out of 
the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, 
rules, or working conditions.

(May 20, 1926, ch. 347, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 577; June 21, 1934, ch. 691, 
Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1186.)


                               Amendments

    1934--Act June 21, 1934, reenacted provisions comprising this 
section without change.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 153, 157 of this title.
