40.1-54 - Payment of certain charges by carriers or shippers to or for benefit of labor organization.
§ 40.1-54. Payment of certain charges by carriers or shippers to or forbenefit of labor organization.
(1) As used in this section, the term "labor organization" means anyorganization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committeeor plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, inwhole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labordisputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any carrier or shipper of property, or anyassociation of such carriers or shippers, to agree to pay, or to pay, to orfor the benefit of a labor organization, directly or indirectly, any chargeby reason of the placing upon, delivery to, or movement by rail, or by arailroad car, of a motor vehicle, trailer, or container which is also capableof being moved or propelled upon the highways, and any such agreement shallbe void and unenforceable.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any labor organization to accept or receive fromany carrier or shipper of property, or any association of such carriers orshippers, any payment described above.
(4) Any corporation, association, organization, firm or person who agrees topay, or who does pay, or who agrees to receive, or who does receive, anypayment described hereinabove shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall befined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Each act ofviolation, and each day during which such an agreement remains in effect,shall constitute a separate offense.
(Code 1950, § 40-64.1; 1962, c. 376; 1970, c. 321.)