P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 100

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§ 100. Definitions

The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

(a) Labor organization.— Shall mean any organization that represents or intends to represent employees or any group of employees acting in concert or a group in which employees participate and which exists for that purpose, in whole or in part, to deal with an employer regarding the protection of rights or to promote the well being of employees with respect to complaints and grievances, employment classifications, and work schedules and/or conditions not covered by Federal Law 86-25 of September 14, 1959, as amended, and better known as the Landrum Griffin Law, including labor organizations that operate under §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, §§ 61—76 of this title and the bona fide public employee organizations and associations that operate under §§ 702 of this title and § 4551nt of Title 21, and those organizations that represent public employees, among other things, ensuring the well being and improvements in the working conditions of the public employees by virtue of any special law.

(b) Board.— Shall mean the Labor Relations Board created by §§ 61—76 of this title.

(c) Commission.— Shall mean the Public Service Labor Relations Commission created by §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3.

(d) Employee.— Shall mean an employee who is an accredited member of a labor organization, as this term is defined herein.

History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 333, § 2.