15 U.S.C. · Commerce and Trade
15 U.S.C. § 17

Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

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15 U.S.C. § 17 — Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

U.S.C. Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE 15 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE Sec. 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §6, 38 Stat. 731.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.

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