National Labor Relations Act, Setion 13-14, 16: LIMITATIONS
Sec. 13.
§ 163. Right to strike preserved Nothing in this Act
subchapter, except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike or to affect the limitations or qualifications on that right.
Sec. 14.
§ 164. Construction of provisions (a)
Supervisors as union members Nothing herein shall prohibit any individual employed as a supervisor from becoming or remaining a member of a labor organization, but no employer subject to this Act
subchapter shall be compelled to deem individuals defined herein as supervisors as employees for the purpose of any law, either national or local, relating to collective bargaining.
(b)
Agreements requiring union membership in violation of State law Nothing in this Act
subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any State or Territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by State or Territorial law.
(c)
Power of Board to decline jurisdiction of labor disputes; assertion of jurisdiction by State and Territorial courts (1) The Board, in its discretion, may, by rule of decision or by published rules adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act
to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, decline to assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute involving any class or category of employers, where, in the opinion of the Board, the effect of such labor dispute on commerce is not sufficiently substantial to warrant the exercise of its jurisdiction: Provided, That the Board shall not decline to assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute over which it would assert jurisdiction under the standards prevailing upon August 1, 1959.
(2) Nothing in this Act
subchapter shall be deemed to prevent or bar any agency or the courts of any State or Territory (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands), from assuming and asserting jurisdiction over labor disputes over which the Board declines, pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, to assert jurisdiction.
Sec. 15.
§ 165. Omitted.
Reference to repealed provisions of bankruptcy statute.
Sec. 16.
§ 166. Separability of provisions If any provision of this Act
subchapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act
subchapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
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