CHAPTER 376

An Act to make it unlawful to enter into certain agreements for payment
of charges by carriers or shippers to or for the benefit of a labor
organization, to make it unlawful to pay or receive such charges, and
to provide a penalty for violations.

[S 2388]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. As used in this act, the term “labor organization” means any organi-
zation of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee
or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose,
in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances,
labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions
of work.
2. It shall be unlawful for any carrier or shipper of property, or any
association of such carriers or shippers, to agree to pay, or to pay, to
or for the benefit of a labor organization, directly or indirectly, any charge
by reason of the placing upon, delivery to, or movement by rail, or by
a railroad car, of a motor vehicle, trailer, or container which is also
capable of being moved or propelled upon the highways, and any such
agreement shall be void and unenforceable.
3. It shall be unlawful for any labor organization to accept or receive
from any carrier or shipper of property, or any association of such car-
riers or shippers, any payment described above.
4. Any corporation, association, organization, firm or person who agrees
to pay, or who does pay, or who agrees to receive, or who does receive,
any payment described hereinabove shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars for each offense. Each act of violation, and each day
during which such an agreement remains in effect, shall constitute a
separate offense.