9-137.000
DEPRIVATION OF
RIGHTS
BY
VIOLENCE -- 29 U.S.C. § 530
Title 29 U.S.C. § 530 prohibits any person from using
actual or
threatened violence for the purpose of interfering with, or
retaliating
against, the exercise by members of labor organizations of rights
guaranteed to them by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure
Act
(LMRDA). These rights of labor union members in the private sector
include, among others, the right to assemble and speak on union
affairs,
to participate in union meetings, to vote in union elections, to be
a
candidate for union office, and to support candidates of one's
choice.
See 29 U.S.C. §§ 411 and 481. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation has primary investigative jurisdiction with respect
to
violations of 29 U.S.C. § 530, pursuant to a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Departments of Justice and Labor dated
February 16, 1960. The Memorandum permits different arrangements to
be
made by the Departments of Justice and Labor on a case-by-case
basis.
The Labor Management Unit of the Organized Crime and Racketeering
Section, Criminal Division, has supervisory authority.
For more information on this statute, see the Criminal Resource Manual at 2441. A form
indictment is in the Criminal Resource
Manual at
2442.
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