§ 187. — Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC187]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 7--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER IV--LIABILITIES OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 187. Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue;
jurisdiction; limitations; damages
(a) It shall be unlawful, for the purpose of this section only, in
an industry or activity affecting commerce, for any labor organization
to engage in any activity or conduct defined as an unfair labor practice
in section 158(b)(4) of this title.
(b) Whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason
or \1\ any violation of subsection (a) of this section may sue therefor
in any district court of the United States subject to the limitations
and provisions of section 185 of this title without respect to the
amount in controversy, or in any other court having jurisdiction of the
parties, and shall recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of
the suit.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``of''.
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(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, Sec. 303, 61 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 86-
257, title VII, Sec. 704(e), Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 545.)
Amendments
1959--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-257 struck out provisions which
specified particular practices that were unlawful, and inserted
reference to practices defined in section 158(b)(4) of this title, which
section defines the unfair labor practices formerly enumerated in this
subsection.
