LMRDA

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959 directly affects millions of people throughout the U.S. The LMRDA covers unions, officers and employees of unions, union members, employees who work under collective bargaining agreements (even if they are not union members), employers, labor relations consultants, surety companies, trusts in which a union is interested, and other "persons" as defined in the LMRDA who may be covered by particular provisions of the Act. LMRDA does not cover unions composed solely of state and local government employees. The LMRDA consists of seven titles. Title I of the LMRDA guarantees certain rights to all union members. These include the right to nominate candidates, to vote in elections or referendums, to attend membership meetings and to participate in the deliberations and vote upon the business of such meetings, subject to reasonable rules and regulations in the organization's constitution and bylaws. The LMRDA authorizes the Secretary of Labor to investigate in order to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate any provisions of the Act.