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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations » Chapter 28-8 - Actions by Labor Organizations

Section 28-8-1. – Capacity to sue on behalf of employees for contract violations.

§ 28-8-1. Capacity to sue on behalf of employees for contract violations. Suits or actions at law for the violation by an employer of contracts of employment between the employer and his or her employees who are represented by a labor union as their legally constituted bargaining agent, and whose rights and duties as employees […]

Section 28-8-2. – Suit in superior court.

§ 28-8-2. Suit in superior court. Labor organizations may sue as a legal entity for the benefit and on behalf of the employees whom they represent in the superior court of the state of Rhode Island having jurisdiction of the parties. History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3513, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 28-8-2.

Section 28-8-3. – Remedy cumulative.

§ 28-8-3. Remedy cumulative. This chapter is not in substitution of any remedies that are now available to the employer or employee, but is cumulative to those remedies. History of Section.P.L. 1955, ch. 3513, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 28-8-3.