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 92 STAT. 2020 29 USC 829 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 (d) The Secretary shall develop information relating to the number of individuals who have attained 16 years of age and who are members of a family with an income which is equal to or less than 70 percent, 85 percent, and 100 percent of the lower living standard income level for the jurisdiction of each prime sponsor. The Secretary shall prepare and submit as part of the annual report submitted on March 1, 1980, under section 127(a) to the President and to the Congress a report on the information required by this subsection. ASSISTANCE TO PLANT, AREA, AND INDUSTRYWIDE LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES

Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978. 29 USC 175a note.

29 USC 173.

29 USC 175a.

Grants and contracts.

SEC. 6. (a) This section may be cited as the "Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978". (b) I t is the purpose of this section— (1) to improve communication between representatives of labor and management; (2) to provide workers and employers with opportunities to study and explore new and innovative joint approaches to achieving organizational effectiveness; (3) to assist workers and employers in solving problems of mutual concern not susceptible to resolution within the collective bargaining process; (4) to study and explore ways of eliminating potential problems which reduce the competitiveness and inhibit the economic development of the plant, area or industry; (5) to enhance the involvement of workers in making decisions that affect their working lives; (6) to expand and improve working relationships between workers and managers; and (7) to encourage free collective bargaining by establishing continuing mechanisms for communication between employers and their employees through Federal assistance to the formation and operation of labor management committees. (c)(1) Section 203 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) The Service is authorized and directed to encourage and support the establishment and operation of joint labor management activities conducted by plant, area, and industrywide committees designed to improve labor management relationships, job security and organizational effectiveness, in accordance with the provisions of section 205A.". (2) Title II of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, is amended by adding after section 205 the following new section: "SEC. 205A. (a)(1) The Service is authorized and directed to provide assistance in the establishment and operation of plant, area and industrywide labor management committees which— "(A) have been organized jointly by employers and labor organizations representing employees in that plant, area, or industry; and "(B) are established for the purpose of improving labor management relationships, job security, organizational effectiveness, enhancing economic development or involving workers in decisions affecting their jobs including improving communication with respect to subjects of mutual interest and concern. "(2) The Service is authorized and directed to enter into contracts and to make grants, where necessary or appropriate, to fulfill its responsibilities under this section.

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