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[CITE: 5USC7102]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
                 CHAPTER 71--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 7102. Employees' rights

    Each employee shall have the right to form, join, or assist any 
labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and 
without fear of penalty or reprisal, and each employee shall be 
protected in the exercise of such right. Except as otherwise provided 
under this chapter, such right includes the right--
        (1) to act for a labor organization in the capacity of a 
    representative and the right, in that capacity, to present the views 
    of the labor organization to heads of agencies and other officials 
    of the executive branch of the Government, the Congress, or other 
    appropriate authorities, and
        (2) to engage in collective bargaining with respect to 
    conditions of employment through representatives chosen by employees 
    under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1192.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7102, Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 523, 
related to right of employees to petition Congress, prior to the general 
amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 95-454. See section 7211 of this 
title.


    Partial Suspension of Federal Service Labor-Management Relations

    Par. (2) of this section suspended with respect to any matter 
proposed for bargaining which would substantially impair the 
implementation by the United States Forces of any treaty or agreement, 
including any minutes or understandings thereto, between the United 
States and the Government of the host nation, see section 1(b) of Ex. 
Ord. No. 12391, Nov. 4, 1982, 47 F.R. 50457, set out as a note under 
section 7103 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 2 section 1351.
