Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(2)
The second problem with the local efforts is that they attempt to provide collective bargaining rights to independent contractors - something that is not permitted under either federal or state union organizing statutes.
Government officials said at the time that they had acted because the group had amended its organizing statutes without the permission of the authorities, but that was seen as a subterfuge meant to silence an independent and liberal cultural voice.
Similar(58)
Officials said the federal involvement made it possible to charge accused gang members under federal organized-crime statutes, particularly the family of laws associated with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, commonly known as RICO.
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), U.S. federal statute targeting organized crime and white-collar crime.
As for the European pension funds, he added, "I don't believe they're going to get organized enough before the statute of limitations runs out".
The statute: IRC 501(c)(4) provides, in part, for the exemption from federal income taxation of civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.
The statute was enacted 30 years ago to fight organized crime, although federal prosecutors have more recently used it against businesses and others it contends have engaged in a pattern of illegal acts.
RICO is a federal statute that prosecutors use to combat organized crime.
Filed under the RICO statute -- designed originally to prosecute organized crime syndicates -- Chevron's racketeering lawsuit is the oil giant's alarming and cynical attempt to destroy a two decades-long effort to hold the company accountable.
The Boston Police Patrolman's Association was formed in 1965 following the enactment of a state statute allowing state and municipal workers to organize for the sake of collective bargaining.
In the United States, domestic workers are covered by minimum-wage laws, but they are excluded from federal statutes on occupational health, overtime and the right to organize.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com