29 C.F.R. § 452.75 Union Newspapers

• Library: Code of Federal Regulations
• Edition: 2019 Edition
• Currency: Current through December 31, 2019
• Citation: 29 C.F.R. § 452.75
• Year: 2019

The provisions of section 401(g) prohibit any showing of preference by a labor organization or its officers which is advanced through the use of union funds to criticize or praise any candidate. Thus, a union may neither attack a candidate in a union-financed publication nor urge the nomination or election of a candidate in a union-financed letter to the members. Any such expenditure regardless of the amount, constitutes a violation of section 401(g). 38

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38 Hodgson v. Liquor Salesmen's Union, Local No. 2, 334 F.Supp. 1369 (S.D. N.Y.) aff'd 444 F.2d 1344 (C.A. 2 1971); Shultz v...