Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:addresses union member rights
gptkbp:aimsTo union members' rights
gptkbp:amends gptkb:Labor-Management_Reporting_and_Disclosure_Act_Amendments_of_1974
gptkbp:appliesTo labor organizations
gptkbp:effectiveDate 1959-08-24
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established penalties for non-compliance
reporting requirements for union officials
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gptkbp:includes provisions for union elections
gptkbp:isActiveIn legal studies
gptkbp:isAttendedBy gptkb:Office_of_Labor-Management_Standards
gptkbp:isCitedIn legislative debates
court cases regarding labor disputes
gptkbp:isConsidered landmark legislation
a response to corruption in unions
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor some labor unions
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn political science literature
labor law textbooks
union leadership training programs
gptkbp:isExaminedBy gptkb:Department_of_Labor
sociological studies
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy labor movement in the 1950s
labor relations practices
gptkbp:isLinkedTo worker rights
gptkbp:isPartOf labor relations framework
federal labor policy
U.S._legal_framework
U.S._labor_history
labor_law_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:isReferencedBy labor rights advocates
gptkbp:isReferencedIn academic research on labor law
gptkbp:isRelatedTo gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Act
collective bargaining
union democracy
gptkbp:isSubjectTo judicial review
gptkbp:isSupportedBy business organizations
gptkbp:mandates election procedures for union officers
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Department_of_Labor
gptkbp:promotes transparency in labor organizations
gptkbp:provides protection against union corruption
gptkbp:regulates labor unions
gptkbp:requires financial reporting by labor organizations
annual financial reports from unions
disclosure of financial transactions
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:wasAffecting gptkb:86th_United_States_Congress