Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-19. Unions listed on ballot – Company unions
A labor organization nominated as the representative of employees shall be listed by name on the ballots authorized by § 28-7-16. In any investigation conducted by the board pursuant to § 28-7-14 — § 28-7-19, the board may make a finding as to whether any committee, employee representation plan, or association of employees involved is a company union, and if any committee, employee representation plan, or association of employees is found to be a company union, it shall not be listed on the ballots, certified, or otherwise recognized as eligible to be the representative of employees under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1941, ch. 1066, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 28-7-19.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-19
- Board: means the labor relations board created by § 28-7-4. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-3
- Company union: means any committee employee representation plan or association of employees that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances or terms and conditions of employment, that the employer has initiated or created or whose initiation or creation he or she has suggested, participated in or in the formulation of whose governing rules or policies or the conducting of whose management, operations, or elections the employer participates in or supervises, or which the employer maintains, finances, controls, dominates, or assists in maintaining or financing, whether by compensating any one for services performed in its behalf or by donating free services, equipment, materials, office or meeting space or anything else of value, or by any other means. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-3
- Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Employees: includes , but is not restricted to, any individual employed by a labor organization; any individual whose employment has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment; and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer, unless the chapter explicitly states otherwise;
(ii) "Employees" does not include any individual employed by his or her parent or spouse or in the domestic service of any person in his or her home, or any individuals employed only for the duration of a labor dispute, or any individuals employed as farm laborers; provided that, any individual employed by an employer in an industry established or regulated pursuant to chapters 28. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-3
- Labor organization: means any organization that exists and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection and which is not a company union as defined in this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-7-3