RULES AND REGULATIONS - National Labor Relations Board

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARDOrganization and FunctionsThe National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency created by the NationalLabor Relations Act, enacted July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. 151–166); as amendedby the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, enacted June 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 136; 29U.S.C. 151–166); as amended by an Act of October 21, 1951 (65 Stat. 601; 29 U.S.C.158, 159, 168); as amended by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of1959, enacted September 14, 1959 (73 Stat. 519; 29 U.S.C. 141, et seq.); and as amendedby an Act of July 26, 1974 (88 Stat. 395–397; 29 U.S.C. 152, et seq.). The responsibilitiesand functions of the Agency under the statutes are carried out through an organizationdirected and controlled by the National Labor Relations Board and its General Counsel,who, in addition to independent authority under the statute, exercises other authority bydelegation from the Board.PART 201—DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATIONSUBPART A—DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONSec. 201 The Board. The Board, composed of five Members, has its central andprincipal office in Washington, D.C. Each of the Members is appointed by the President,with the approval of the Senate, for a term of 5 years. One Member is designated by thePresident to serve as Chairman of the Board. The Board is created by virtue of theprovisions of the National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, as amended by the LaborManagement Relations Act, 1947, 61 Stat. 136, and the Labor Management Reportingand Disclosure Act, 1959, 73 Stat. 519.The Board has two principal functions under the National Labor Relations Act: (1) Theprevention of statutorily defined unfair labor practices on the part of employers and labororganizations or the agents of either, and (2) the conduct of secret-ballot elections amongemployees in appropriate collective-bargaining units to determine whether or not theydesire to be represented by a labor organization.The Board is further empowered by the Act:To conduct secret-ballot elections among employees who have been covered by aunion-shop agreement, when requested by 30 percent of the employees, to determinewhether or not they wish to revoke their union’s authority to make such agreements.To determine in cases involving jurisdictional disputes which of the competing groupsof workers is to be assigned the work task involved.204