39 U.S.C. § 1203
Recognition of labor organizations
The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 91–375, which was approved
Section effective
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: Janus v. State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018).
Janus v. State, Cnty., & Mun. Employees, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018). “Although permitted to choose an exclu sive representative, Postal Service employees are not required to pay an agency fee, 39 U. S. C. §§1203 (a), 1209(c), and about 400,000 are union members.”
Darrell D. McNair v. United States Postal Serv., 768 F.2d 730 (5th Cir. 1985). “USPS is required by statute to recognize labor organizations that its employees have selected as their bargaining representatives, see 39 U.S.C. § 1203 (a), and is authorized to execute collective bargaining agreements with those organizations that “include any procedures for…”
Acosta v. Potter, 410 F. Supp. 2d 298 (S.D.N.Y. 2006). “is recognized pursuant to 39 U.S.C. § 1203 as the exclusive collective bargaining representative nationwide of postal employees who are postal clerks” and that “Metro .”
Nat'l Post Off. Mail Handlers, Watchmen, Messengers & Grp. Leaders Div. of the Laborers' Int'l Union v. Johnson (In Re Johnson), 139 B.R. 163 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1992). “The Union is recognized by the Postal Service as a labor organization, 39 U.S.C. § 1203 , and the Union deals with the Postal Service concerning grievances and contract administration.”
Nat'l Ass'n of Letter Carriers v. Sombrotto, 449 F.2d 915 (2d Cir. 1971). “” Branch 36 argues that, far from furnishing a basis for disciplining the local and its officers, actions taken by the local to petition for a new local area bargaining unit are expressly protected by § 1203(c) of the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. § 1203 (c). That…”
Withers v. United States Postal Serv., 417 F. Supp. 1 (W.D. Mo. 1976). “39 U.S.C. § 1203 (b) (1970). In any event, the parties have not provided the Court with the relevant dates concerning the labor agreements in question and it is obvious that the provisions of the 1968-1971 Agreement were invoked by ' the parties in plaintiff’s case.”
Whisman v. Robbins, 55 F.3d 1140 (6th Cir. 1995). “In support, he cites 39 U.S.C. § 1203 (a), which provides that “[t]he Postal Service shall accord exclusive recognition to a labor organization when the organization has been selected by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit as their representative,” 39 U.”
Malone v. United States Postal Serv., 526 F.2d 1099 (6th Cir. 1975). “The Union has been recognized in accordance with 39 U.S.C. § 1203 as the exclusive representative of the employees in the mail handlers unit.”
Weber v. Potter, 338 F. Supp. 2d 600 (E.D. Pa. 2004). “Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. § 1203 (a), the NALC is the exclusive collective bargaining representative for employees of the USPS.”
Winston v. United States Postal Serv., 585 F.2d 198 (7th Cir. 1978). “Through PRA, Congress brought USPS employees into the labor relations mode of the private sector.”
Teamsters Local Union No. 2000 v. Hoffa, 284 F. Supp. 2d 684 (E.D. Mich. 2003). “Under the relevant provision of the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. § 1203 (c), the court found that when an employee or labor organization seeks a new bargaining representative while still maintaining membership in the national union, they are not immune from discipline by…”
Nat'l All. of Postal & Fed. Employees v. Klassen, 369 F. Supp. 747 (D.D.C. 1974). “39 U.S.C. § 1203 (a). Indeed, it is a well-settled labor law rule in the private sector that an employer’s refusal to bargain with the recognized majority representative may constitute an unfair labor practice under Section 8(a) (5) of the NLRA, supra.”
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