29 U.S.C. § 101 — Issuance of restraining orders and injunc-

Page 31 TITLE 29—LABOR § 104 Sec. 108. Noncompliance with obligations involved in labor disputes or failure to settle by nego- tiation or arbitration as preventing injunc- tive relief. 109. Granting of restraining order or injunction as dependent on previous findings of fact; limi- tation on prohibitions included in restrain- ing orders and injunctions. 110. Review by court of appeals of issuance or de- nial of temporary injunctions; record. 111, 112. Repealed. 113. Definitions of terms and words used in chap- ter. 114. Separability. 115. Repeal of conflicting acts. § 101. Issuance of restraining orders and injunc- tions; limitation; public policy No court of the United States, as defined in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent in- junction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in a strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter; nor shall any such restraining order or temporary or perma- nent injunction be issued contrary to the public policy declared in this chapter. (Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, § 1, 47 Stat. 70.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Act Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as the ‘‘Norris- LaGuardia Act’’. § 102. Public policy in labor matters declared In the interpretation of this chapter and in de- termining the jurisdiction and authority of the courts of the United States, as such jurisdiction and authority are defined and limited in this chapter, the public policy of the United States is declared as follows: Whereas under prevailing economic condi- tions, developed with the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and other forms of ownership as- sociation, the individual unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and condi- tions of employment, wherefore, though he should be free to decline to associate with his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designa- tion of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of his em- ployment, and that he shall be free from the in- terference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of col- lective bargaining or other mutual aid or pro- tection; therefore, the following definitions of, and limitations upon, the jurisdiction and au- thority of the courts of the United States are enacted. (Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, § 2, 47 Stat. 70.) § 103. Nonenforceability of undertakings in con- flict with public policy; ‘‘yellow dog’’ con- tracts Any undertaking or promise, such as is de- scribed in this section, or any other undertaking or promise in conflict with the public policy de- clared in section 102 of this title, is declared to be contrary to the public policy of the United States, shall not be enforceable in any court of the United States and shall not afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any such court, including specifically the fol- lowing: Every undertaking or promise hereafter made, whether written or oral, express or implied, con- stituting or contained in any contract or agree- ment of hiring or employment between any indi- vidual, firm, company, association, or corpora- tion, and any employee or prospective employee of the same, whereby (a) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises not to join, become, or remain a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization; or (b) Either party to such contract or agreement undertakes or promises that he will withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins, becomes, or remains a member of any labor organization or of any employer organiza- tion. (Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, § 3, 47 Stat. 70.) § 104. Enumeration of specific acts not subject to restraining orders or injunctions No court of the United States shall have juris- diction to issue any restraining order or tem- porary or permanent injunction in any case in- volving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or interested in such dispute (as these terms are herein defined) from doing, whether singly or in concert, any of the following acts: (a) Ceasing or refusing to perform any work or to remain in any relation of employment; (b) Becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organiza- tion, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in section 103 of this title; (c) Paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute, any strike or unemployment ben- efits or insurance, or other moneys or things of value; (d) By all lawful means aiding any person par- ticipating or interested in any labor dispute who is being proceeded against in, or is prosecuting, any action or suit in any court of the United States or of any State; (e) Giving publicity to the existence of, or the facts involved in, any labor dispute, whether by advertising, speaking, patrolling, or by any other method not involving fraud or violence; (f) Assembling peaceably to act or to organize to act in promotion of their interests in a labor dispute; (g) Advising or notifying any person of an in- tention to do any of the acts heretofore speci- fied; (h) Agreeing with other persons to do or not to do any of the acts heretofore specified; and