§17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §6, 38 Stat. 731 .)

References in Text

The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.

Cross References

Jurisdiction to restrain violations of restrictions on payments to employee representatives without regard to section, see section 186 of Title 29, Labor.

Restriction of injunctive relief in labor actions, see sections 52 and 107 of Title 29.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 18 section 1951; title 29 section 186; title 47 section 606.