§ 522. — Extortionate picketing; penalty for violation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC522]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 11--LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE
SUBCHAPTER VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 522. Extortionate picketing; penalty for violation
(a) It shall be unlawful to carry on picketing on or about the
premises of any employer for the purpose of, or as part of any
conspiracy or in furtherance of any plan or purpose for, the personal
profit or enrichment of any individual (except a bona fide increase in
wages or other employee benefits) by taking or obtaining any money or
other thing of value from such employer against his will or with his
consent.
(b) Any person who willfully violates this section shall be fined
not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(Pub. L. 86-257, title VI, Sec. 602, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 539.)
