Democracy, free speech, and due process are all good principles, and their imposition by the
LMRDA surely helped to clean up some autocratic, arbitrary, and corrupt practices in some unions.
The Department of Labor over the years has been very selective in its enforcement of
LMRDA. The George W.
The proposed rule also would greatly expand the reach of the
LMRDA, traditionally limited to union organizing and bargaining matters, to include work involving questions of "protected concerted activity" under the National Labor Relations Act.
was the congressional goal underlying the
LMRDA, namely, to prevent
Compliance with this principle is necessary for any organization that offers plans covered by ERISA or may be bound by the
LMRDA. The organization can avoid potentially harsher penalties associated with Section 2.E5.3 by assigning the appropriate duties to a senior executive to oversee compliance.
or the similarly union-impeding Smith-Connally Act, (292) the
LMRDA was
Disclosure Act (
LMRDA), administered by the Department of Labor (DOL),
The latter prohibitions are mandated by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (
LMRDA).
Disclosure Act (
LMRDA), (44) seeking to overturn an election of officers
United Mine Workers, (62) the Supreme Court granted intervention to a union member seeking to challenge the legality of the election of union officers under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (
LMRDA) of 1959, (63) despite statutory language limiting standing for such suits to the Secretary of Labor.
James, Union Democracy and the
LMRDA: Autocracy and Insurgency in National Union Elections, 13 HARV.