(1) As used in this section, the term "labor organization" means any organization 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 carriers 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 $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Each act of violation, 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.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 4 - Labor Unions, Strikes, Etc.
§ 40.1-52. Authority of labor unions to own, encumber and sell real estate
§ 40.1-53. Preventing persons from pursuing lawful vocations, etc.; illegal picketing; injunction
§ 40.1-54.1. Public policy as to strikes and work stoppages at hospitals
§ 40.1-54.2. Strikes and work stoppages at hospitals prohibited; penalty
§ 40.1-54.3. Right to vote by secret ballot on labor organization representation
§ 40.1-55. Employee striking terminates, and becomes temporarily ineligible for, public employment
§ 40.1-56. Department head, etc., to notify employee of such termination, etc.
§ 40.1-57. Appeal by employee from declaration of ineligibility
§ 40.1-57.1. Appeal by employer for reemployment of terminated employee
§ 40.1-57.2. Collective bargaining
§ 40.1-57.3. Certain activities permitted
§ 40.1-58.1. Application of article to public employers and employees
§ 40.1-59. Agreements or combinations declared unlawful
§ 40.1-60. Employers not to require employees to become or remain members of union
§ 40.1-61. Employers not to require abstention from membership or officeholding in union
§ 40.1-62. Employer not to require payment of union dues, etc.
§ 40.1-63. Recovery by individual unlawfully denied employment
§ 40.1-64. Application of article to contracts
§ 40.1-65. Agreement or practice designed to cause employer to violate article declared illegal
§ 40.1-66. Conduct causing violation of article illegal; peaceful solicitation to join union
§ 40.1-67. Injunctive relief against violation; recovery of damages
§ 40.1-68. Service of process on clerk of State Corporation Commission as attorney for union
§ 40.1-69. Violation a misdemeanor
§ 40.1-70. Department designated agency to mediate disputes
§ 40.1-72. Commissioner to notify Governor of disputes; mediation and conciliation
§ 40.1-73. Commissioner to keep Governor informed of negotiations, etc.
§ 40.1-75. Article not applicable when National Railway Labor Act applies