§480-10 Exemption of labor organizations. The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor organizations, instituted for the purpose of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profits, 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, lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade under this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to the conduct or activities of labor organizations or their members which conduct or activities are regulated by federal or state legislation or over which the National Labor Relations Board or the Hawaii labor relations board has jurisdiction. [L 1961, c 190, §8; Supp, §205A-8; HRS §480-10; am L 1986, c 339, §77]
Cross References
Hawaii labor relations board, see §26-20.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice
480. Monopolies; Restraint of Trade
480-2 Unfair competition, practices, declared unlawful.
480-3.3 Endless chain schemes.
480-4 Combinations in restraint of trade, price-fixing and limitation of production prohibited.
480-5 Requirements and output contracts; tying agreements.
480-7 Mergers, acquisitions, holdings, and divestitures.
480-8 Interlocking directorates and relationships.
480-10 Exemption of labor organizations.
480-13 Suits by persons injured; amount of recovery, injunctions.
480-13.3 Class actions by private persons.
480-14 Suits by the State; amount of recovery.
480-15 Injunction by attorney general or the director of the office of consumer protection.
480-17 Individual liability for corporate or company act.
480-19 Additional parties defendant.
480-20 Duty of the attorney general; duty of county attorney, etc.
480-22 Judgment in favor of the State as evidence in private action; suspension of limitation.
480-23 Immunity from prosecution.