Any labor union or labor organization doing business in this Commonwealth, all of whose officers and trustees are nonresidents of this Commonwealth, shall by written power of attorney, filed with the Department of Labor and Industry and the State Corporation Commission, appoint the clerk of the State Corporation Commission its attorney or agent upon whom all legal process against the union or organization may be served, and who shall be authorized to enter an appearance on its behalf. The manner of service of process on the clerk of the State Corporation Commission, the mailing thereof to the labor union or organization, the fees therefor, the effect of judgments, decrees and orders, and the procedure in cases where no power of attorney is filed as required, shall be the same as provided for in cases of foreign corporations.
Code 1950, § 40-74.4; 1954, c. 431; 1956, c. 430; 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