Application of other laws; existing rights and remedies; exclusiveness of remedy for challenging election
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/us/usc/t29/s483
Title
29 — Labor
Chapter
CH11
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No labor organization shall be required by law to conduct elections of officers with greater frequency or in a different form or manner than is required by its own constitution or bylaws, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. Existing rights and remedies to enforce the constitution and bylaws of a labor organization with respect to elections prior to the conduct thereof shall not be affected by the provisions of this subchapter. The remedy provided by this subchapter for challenging an election already conducted shall be exclusive.
(Pub. L. 86–257, title IV, § 403, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 534.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection applicable ninety days after Sept. 14, 1959, in the case of certain labor organizations, see section 404 of Pub. L. 86–257, set out as a note under section 481 of this title.
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