§ 17. — Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC17]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations
The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of
commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to
forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or
horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help,
and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or
restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying
out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the
members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or
conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.
(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 731.)
References in Text
The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 18 section 1951; title 29
section 186; title 47 section 606.
