TITLE 34
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Section 6. Labor Organizations and Labor Relations, 34-6-1 through 34-6-28.
ARTICLE 2
MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
As used in this article, the term:
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"Employee" includes any employee and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer.
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"Employer" includes any person acting in the interest of an employer, directly or indirectly, but shall not include the United States, a state or any political subdivision thereof, any person subject to the Railway Labor Act, as amended, any person employed by a transit authority subject to the provisions and requirements of Section 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 5333(b), any labor organization (other than when acting as an employer), or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization.
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"Employment" means employment by an employer.
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"Federal labor laws" means the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Management Relations Act, as amended by federal administrative regulations relating to labor and management or employee and employer issues, and the United States Constitution as amended and as construed by the federal courts.
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"Governmental body" means the State of Georgia or any local government or its subdivisions, including but not limited to cities, municipalities, counties, and any public body, agency, board, commission or other governmental, quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body, or like capacity of local government or its subdivision.
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"Labor organization" means any organization of any kind or any agency or employee representation committee or plan in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.
(Ga. L. 1947, p. 616, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 623, § 1/HB 361.)
Editor's notes.
- Ga. L. 2013, p. 623,
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6/HB 361, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
U.S. Code.
- The Railway Labor Act, referred to in paragraph (2) of this Code section, is codified as 45 U.S.C.
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151 et seq.
Law reviews.
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For article on the 2013 amendment of this Code section, see 30 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 191 (2013).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
County board of realtors.
- County board of realtors was not a "labor organization" within the meaning of the right-to-work statutes. Nixon v. Gwinnett County Bd. of Realtors, Inc., 249 Ga. 862, 295 S.E.2d 78 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
American Nurses Association.
- The prohibition against requiring membership in a labor organization is not applicable to the American Nurses Association. 1965-66 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-67.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations,
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1, 15 et seq. 35 et seq. 27 Am. Jur. 2d, Employment Relationship,
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C.J.S.
- 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations,
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6, 65, 69 et seq., 92.
ALR.
- Validity, construction, and application of state right-to-work provisions, 105 A.L.R.5th 243.