Every employer subject to this chapter shall keep an abstract or copy of this chapter posted in a conspicuous place in or about the premises wherein any employee is employed. Employers shall be furnished copies or abstracts of this chapter by the state upon request and without charge.
(Ga. L. 1966, p. 582, § 7.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 51A C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 738. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, § 59.
CHAPTER 6 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND LABOR RELATIONS Article 1 General Provisions.- For article discussing right of Georgia public employees to organize into labor unions, bargain collectively, and engage in concerted activity, see 4 Ga. L. Rev. 110 (1969). For comment, "Tragedy of the Commonality: A Substantive Right to Collective Action in Employment Disputes," see 67 Emory L.J. 157 (2017).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Rainwater v. Trimble, 207 Ga. 306, 61 S.E.2d 420 (1950); Looper v. Georgia, S. & Fla. Ry., 213 Ga. 279, 99 S.E.2d 101 (1957); Gresham Park Community Org. v. Howell, 652 F.2d 1227 (5th Cir. 1981).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
State employees' right to join organizations.
- A state employee has the right, either individually or collectively, to express or communicate complaints or opinions relating to state employment, including freedom to enter into organizations created for like purposes; the only limitation upon such activities of state employees would be to prevent their striking, or otherwise interfering with proper performance of the duties of state employment, or obstructing access to or egress from state property. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-379.
Power of Department of Transportation.- The Department of Transportation has no power to take steps to prevent labor activity short of strikes and other obstructions to the performance of the duties of employment. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-379.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 48 Am. Jur. 2d, Labor and Labor Relations, § 1 et seq.
C.J.S.- 51 C.J.S., Labor Relations, § 43 et seq.
ALR.
- Liability of labor union or its members, for circulating false statements with respect to industrial disputes, 1 A.L.R. 1149.
Collective labor agreements, 95 A.L.R. 10.
Validity of trade union's classification of members, 97 A.L.R. 609.
Constitutionality, construction, and application of statute denouncing offense of interfering with or molesting mechanic or laborer, 123 A.L.R. 316.
Elimination or reduction of use of machinery or mechanical devices in order to maintain or increase employment as a proper labor objective, 136 A.L.R. 282.
Mandamus to compel reinstatement of suspended or expelled members of labor union, 141 A.L.R. 617.
Controversy within labor union regarding seniority rights as subject of litigation in civil courts, 142 A.L.R. 1055.
What amounts to "collective bargaining" within National Labor Relations Act, 147 A.L.R. 7.
Construction and application of provisions of collective bargaining agreement respecting loss of time or pay of employees in consequence of interruption or suspension of employers' business or operations, 167 A.L.R. 992.
Constitutionality and construction of statutes respecting political contributions or other political activities by labor organizations, 167 A.L.R. 1465.
Jurisdictional dispute between labor unions as "labor dispute" within anti-injunction statutes, 170 A.L.R. 1096.
Units for collective bargaining, 174 A.L.R. 1275.
Severability of provisions in collective bargaining labor contracts, 14 A.L.R.2d 846.
Right of individual employee to enforce collective labor agreement against employer, 18 A.L.R.2d 352.
Spontaneous or informal activity of employees as that of "labor organization" or as "concerted activities" within protection of Labor Relations Act, 19 A.L.R.2d 566; 75 A.L.R. Fed. 262.
Withdrawal of a local labor union or part of its membership from the parent organization or from a general association as affecting property rights, 23 A.L.R.2d 1209.
Matters arbitrable under arbitration provisions of collective labor contract, 24 A.L.R.2d 752.
Continuance or termination of labor union's status or authority as bargaining agent, 42 A.L.R.2d 1415.
Substitution of independent contractor for employees as violation of collective labor contract, 57 A.L.R.2d 1399.
Stock purchase or stock bonus plan as within provision of federal labor relations acts requiring employer to bargain collectively, 58 A.L.R.2d 843.
Liability of labor union or its officers or members for wrongful suspension or expulsion of member, 74 A.L.R.2d 783.
Exhaustion of remedies within labor union as condition of resort to civil courts by expelled or suspended member, 87 A.L.R.2d 1099.
Civil actions involving union welfare funds subject to § 302 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 88 A.L.R.2d 493.
Validity and construction of "right-to-work" laws, 92 A.L.R.2d 598.
Who may intervene in action between union and union member, 93 A.L.R.2d 1037.
Prevailing union member's right to recover attorneys' fees in action against union or union officers, 9 A.L.R.3d 1045.
Manner of marking ballot as affecting validity of employee's vote in elections under labor relations act, 11 A.L.R.3d 818.
Right of labor union to enforce in the courts fine validly imposed upon member, 13 A.L.R.3d 1004.
Validity and construction of § 501 of Landrum-Griffin Act (29 U.S.C. § 501) dealing with fiduciary responsibilities of officers of labor organizations, 15 A.L.R.3d 939; 85 A.L.R. Fed. 803; 107 A.L.R. Fed. 448; 114 A.L.R. Fed. 417.
Right of labor union to exclude applicants for membership and remedies of applicant so excluded, 33 A.L.R.3d 1305.
Bargainable or negotiable issues in state public employment labor relations, 84 A.L.R.3d 242.
Union security arrangements in state public employment, 95 A.L.R.3d 1102.
Labor union's liability to member for defamation, 100 A.L.R.3d 546.
Failure to pursue or exhaust remedies under union contract as affecting employee's right of state civil action for retaliatory discharge, 32 A.L.R.4th 350.
State criminal prosecutions of union officer or member for specific physical threats to employer's property or person, in connection with labor dispute - modern cases, 43 A.L.R.4th 1141.
Right to jury trial in action for retaliatory discharge from employment, 52 A.L.R.4th 1141.
Procedural rights of union members in union disciplinary proceedings - modern state cases, 79 A.L.R.4th 941.
When is subsequent business operation bound by existing collective bargaining agreement between labor union and predecessor employer, 88 A.L.R. Fed. 89.
Requirements for obtaining court approval or rejection of collective bargaining agreement by debtor in possession or trustee in bankruptcy under 11 USC § 1113(b) and (c), 89 A.L.R. Fed. 299.
Pre-emption, by § 301(a) of Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 (29 USC § 185(a)), of employee's state-law action for infliction of emotional distress, 101 A.L.R. Fed. 395.
Suits by union members against union officers under 29 USC § 501(b), 114 A.L.R. Fed. 417.
ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Law reviews.
- For comment on Gossett v. Atlantic Steel Co., 102 Ga. App. 23, 115 S.E.2d 613 (1960), regarding liability of employer to third parties for injury inflicted by strikers, see 12 Mercer L. Rev. 419 (1961).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Pedigo v. Celanese Corp. of Am., 205 Ga. 392, 54 S.E.2d 252 (1949).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Liability of labor union or its members, for circulating false statements with respect to industrial disputes, 1 A.L.R. 1149.
What amounts to a strike within "strike clause" of a bond or other contract, 11 A.L.R. 1004.
Discharge of, or refusal to reinstate, an employee as justification for strike, 12 A.L.R. 1059.
Lawfulness of strike to compel collective bargaining, 20 A.L.R. 1513.
Liability of labor organization for inducting breach of contract to furnish or accept material, 29 A.L.R. 562.
The boycott as a weapon in industrial disputes, 32 A.L.R. 779; 116 A.L.R. 484.
Strike benefits, 47 A.L.R. 282.
Losses covered by insurance against strikes, lockouts, or other labor disputes, 52 A.L.R. 162.
Right of union to refuse to work on materials produced or transported by nonunion labor, 54 A.L.R. 806.
Right of labor union to refuse to work on materials produced or transported by nonunion labor, 54 A.L.R. 806.
Third party's right to force settlement in labor dispute, 63 A.L.R. 179.
Sympathetic strikes, 83 A.L.R. 458.
Validity and effect of statutes restricting remedy by injunction in industrial disputes, 97 A.L.R. 1333.
Validity of statute or ordinance against picketing, 130 A.L.R. 1303.
Injunction against picketing per se, where past picketing has been accompanied by violence or other improper conduct, 132 A.L.R. 1218.
Picketing or other conduct to enforce demand for maintaining or servicing plant or apparatus by union labor, 136 A.L.R. 1456.
National Labor Relations Act: sit-down strike, violence, or similar misconduct during strike as affecting employer's right to discharge employee or employee's right to be reinstated after strike, 155 A.L.R. 885; 45 A.L.R.2d 887.
Right of employer to injunction against picketing or boycott by labor union to enforce a demand compliance with which employer would constitute an unfair labor practice, 162 A.L.R. 1438.
What amounts to seizure and holding of employer's plant, equipment, machinery, or other property within statutory exception to inhibition on injunctions in labor disputes, 163 A.L.R. 668.
Liability of labor union or its members to contractee for their refusal to perform work for contractor with whom they have a closed shop agreement, 172 A.L.R. 1274.
Relief against union activities as affected by the fact that owner of business operates without outside help or is doing part of the work, 2 A.L.R.2d 1196, 13 A.L.R.2d 642; 13 A.L.R.2d 642.
Collective bargaining agreement as restricting right to strike or picket, 2 A.L.R.2d 1278.
Inviting or soliciting return of striking employees to work as unfair labor practice, 4 A.L.R.2d 1356.
Legality of, and injunction against, peaceful picketing as affected by employer's lack of opportunity to negotiate with union or employees, 11 A.L.R.2d 1069.
Picketing of place of business by persons not employed therein, 11 A.L.R.2d 1274.
Legality of, and injunction against, peaceful picketing to force employees to join union or to compel employer to enter into a contract which would in effect compel them to do so, in the absence of a dispute between employer and employees as to terms or conditions of employment, 11 A.L.R.2d 1338.
Interferences with production by concerted action of employees, short of formal strike, as affected by labor relations act, 25 A.L.R.2d 315.
Construction and application of provisions of Unemployment Compensation or Social Security Acts regarding disqualification for benefits because of labor disputes or strikes, 28 A.L.R.2d 287; 60 A.L.R.3d 1; 60 A.L.R.3d 11; 61 A.L.R.3d 686; 61 A.L.R.3d 693; 61 A.L.R.3d 729; 61 A.L.R.3d 746; 62 A.L.R.3d 304; 62 A.L.R.3d 314; 62 A.L.R.3d 375; 62 A.L.R.3d 380; 62 A.L.R.3d 429; 62 A.L.R.3d 437; 63 A.L.R.3d 88.
Discharge of employee who refused to cross picket line as unfair labor practice, 31 A.L.R.2d 519.
Validity and construction of statutes regulating or prohibiting coercive action by labor unions in jurisdictional disputes, 33 A.L.R.2d 340.
Picketing, by employees of a plant where labor dispute exists, at another plant of employer where there is no labor dispute, 37 A.L.R.2d 687.
Rights and remedies of workmen blacklisted by labor union, 46 A.L.R.2d 1124.
Discontinuance or suspension by employer of all or part of his operations, or lockout of employees, as unfair labor practice, 20 A.L.R.3d 403.
Consumer picketing to protest products, prices, or services, 62 A.L.R.3d 227.
What constitutes participation or direct interest in, or financing of, labor dispute or strike within disqualification provisions of unemployment compensation acts, 62 A.L.R.3d 314.
Refusal of nonstriking employee to cross picket line as justifying denial of unemployment compensation benefits, 62 A.L.R.3d 380.