Publication Date
1969
Abstract
THE Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (commonly known as the Landrum-Griffin Act) is much more than its name implies. Besides the reporting and disclosure requirements, the statute contains a "Bill of Rights" for union members, enforceable by district courts of the United States upon actions brought by union members. The Act prevents abuses in the establishment and administration of trusteeships by labor organizations, prescribes minimum standards for election of union officers, imposes fiduciary responsibility upon union officers and certain others, makes embezzlement of union funds a federal crime, requires bonding for the handling of funds, limits loans from union funds to officers and employees, prohibits certain categories of persons from holding union office and contains other miscellaneous provisions designed to inhibit abuses in the labor-management field. The Act also amended the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, but those amendments are beyond the scope of this Article.
Recommended Citation
Kleiler, Frank M.
(1969)
"The Impact of Tides I-VI of the Landrum-Griffin Act,"
Georgia Law Review: Vol. 3:
No.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol3/iss2/9