Code of Alabama - Title 25: Industrial Relations and Labor - Chapter 7 - Labor Unions and Labor Relations

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 25-7-1 Declaration of policy
  The right to live involves the right to work. The public and working men and women must be protected. The activities of labor organizations affect...
• Section 25-7-2 Definitions
  When used in this article, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them, unless it clearly appears from the...
• Section 25-7-3 Construction of article
  Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, nothing contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with or impede or diminish in any...
• Section 25-7-4 Boards of mediation
  The Governor may, whenever he considers it expedient, appoint a board of mediation, consisting of three members, for the purpose of gathering facts and information...
• Section 25-7-5 Labor organizations to file copies of constitutions, bylaws, and amendments thereto; annual reports
  (a) Every labor organization functioning in Alabama, and every labor organization hereafter desiring to function in Alabama shall, before doing so, file a copy of...
• Section 25-7-6 Freedom to join or refrain from joining labor organizations
  Every person shall be free to join or to refrain from joining any labor organization, except as otherwise provided in Section 25-7-13, and, in the...
• Section 25-7-9 Interference, etc., with peaceable exercise of lawful industry, business, etc
  Any person who, by force or threats of violence to person or property, or who, by any means of duress prevents, or seeks to prevent,...
• Section 25-7-11 Use or threats of use of force, etc., to secure or prevent attendance at strike votes or to influence votes
  It shall be unlawful for any person at any time or place, by force or the threat of force, to seek to secure or prevent...
• Section 25-7-12 Collection, etc., by labor organization, etc., of fee, etc., as work permit or condition of work
  It shall be unlawful for any labor organization, any labor organizer, any officer, agent, representative or member of any labor organization or any other person...
• Section 25-7-13 Membership of executive, administrative, etc., employees in labor organizations; effect of section on existing insurance contracts
  It shall be unlawful for any executive, administrative, professional or supervisory employee to be a member in, or to be accepted for membership by, any...
• Section 25-7-14 Adoption and use of labels or devices by unions or associations of workingmen
  Any union or association of workingmen may adopt and use a label or device for the purpose of designating and distinguishing any goods, wares, or...
• Section 25-7-15 Provisions of article cumulative
  The provisions of this article shall be cumulative of all other laws in force on June 29, 1943, upon the subject, and, in the event...
• Section 25-7-16 Penalty for violations of article
  If any labor organization violates any provision of this article, it shall be penalized civilly in a sum not exceeding $1,000.00 for each such violation,...
• Article 2 Right to Work.
• Section 25-7-30 Declaration of policy
  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of Alabama that the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on...
• Section 25-7-31 Agreement or combination to deny right to work on account of membership or nonmembership in labor union, etc., prohibited
  Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby persons not members of such union or organization shall be...
• Section 25-7-32 Employers not to require union membership as condition of employment, etc
  No person shall be required by an employer to become or remain a member of any labor union or labor organization as a condition of...
• Section 25-7-33 Employers not to require abstention from union membership as condition of employment, etc
  No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of...
• Section 25-7-34 Employer not to require payment of union dues, etc., as condition of employment, etc
  No employer shall require any person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay any dues, fees, or other charges of any...
• Section 25-7-35 Right of action for damages for denial of employment in violation of provisions of article
  Any person who may be denied employment or be deprived of continuation of his employment in violation of Sections 25-7-32, 25-7-33, or 25-7-34 or of...
• Section 25-7-36 Applicability of article
  The provisions of this article shall not apply to any lawful contract in force on August 28, 1953, but they shall apply in all respects...
• Article 2A Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right to Work Act.
• Section 25-7-40 Short title
  This article shall be known and cited as the Alabama Uniform Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act.
• Section 25-7-41 Definitions; limitations on compensation and employment benefits not required by state or federal laws
  (a) For purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DISCRIMINATION. An action by an employer or a distinction by an...
• Section 25-7-42 Limitations on labor peace agreements, etc.; rights under federal labor laws; project labor agreements
  (a) A county, municipality, or any other political subdivision of this state shall not enact or administer any ordinance, rule, policy, or other mandate that...
• Section 25-7-43 Exceptions
  Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, nothing in this article shall apply to those state employers or employees in state service as...
• Section 25-7-44 Severability
  If a court determines that any portion of this article cannot be applied to a particular county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state,...
• Section 25-7-45 Purpose; legislative intent
  (a) The purpose of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and policy pertaining to collective bargaining under federal labor...
• Article 3 Local Boards of Arbitration.
• Section 25-7-50 Composition; appointment of members
  A grievance or dispute between an employer and his employees may be submitted to a local board of arbitrators, consisting of three persons, for hearing...
• Section 25-7-51 Oath and consent of members; secretary; notice of board proceedings; powers of board as to witnesses
  Before entering upon his duties, each arbitrator so selected shall sign a consent to act and take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially...
• Section 25-7-52 Compensation of members
  Each member of such local board shall receive as compensation for his services, $4.00 for each day actually engaged in such hearing.
• Section 25-7-53 Decision of board
  The local board shall, within 10 days after the close of the hearing, render a written decision signed by them, giving such details as clearly...
• Section 25-7-54 Costs
  The witness fees and the fees of the local arbitrators as provided in this article shall be taxed against the parties to said arbitrations equally.

Last modified: May 3, 2021