29 USC § 529 - Prohibition on certain discipline by labor organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s529"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 529 - Prohibition on certain discipline by labor organization"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "529"
section_name: "Prohibition on certain discipline by labor organization"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 86–257, title VI, § 609, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 541.)"
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# § 529. Prohibition on certain discipline by labor organization

section 412 of this title

It shall be unlawful for any labor organization, or any officer, agent, shop steward, or other representative of a labor organization, or any employee thereof to fine, suspend, expel, or otherwise discipline any of its members for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of  shall be applicable in the enforcement of this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 86–257, title VI, § 609, Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 541.)