Massachusetts General Laws ch. 149 sec. 20A – Relief afforded by contract relative to membership in a labor or employer organization
Section 20A. No contract, whether written or oral, between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective employer or any other person, whereby either party thereto undertakes or promises not to join or not to remain a member of some specified labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specified employer organization or any employer organization, and/or to withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins or remains a member of some specified labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specified employer organization or any employer organization or organizations, shall afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to such undertaking or promise.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 149 sec. 20A
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts