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74T H CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 824. AU GUST 30, 1935 .

1001 (j) The Commission shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine Complaints charging violation of code

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written complaints made charging any violation of the code speci- diction of Commission. fied in this part II . It shall make and publish rules and regulations h eR ules respecting for the consideration and hearing of any such complaint, and all interested parties shall be required to conform thereto . The Com- Adjustment . missio n shall make due effort toward a djustmen t of suc h compla ints and shall endeavor to compose the differences of the parties, and Orders of Commis- shall make such order or orders in the premises, from time to time, sloe . as the facts and the circumstances warrant. Any such order shall Rev iew. be subject to review as are other orders of the commission . PART III-LABOR RELATION S

Fa rt III-Labor Re- lations. To effectuate the purposes of this Act, the district boards and Co de conditions to be accepted by district code members shall accept the following conditions which shall be boards and cod e mem - contained in said code :

bers . ( a) Emplo yees sha ll have the righ t to org anize an d bargai n col- Right of employees to organize and bargain lectiv ely thro ugh repr esentati ves of t heir own choosin g, and s hall c ollec tivel y. be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self- organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection ; and no emp loyee and no one seekin g empl oymen t shal l be r equir ed as a condition of employment to join any company union. (b) Employees shall have the right of peaceable assemblage for a To assemble peace- the discussion of the principles of collective bargaining, shall be Select own check- entitled to select their own check-weighman to inspect the weighing we ighman . or measuring of coal, and shall not be required as a condition of Li ving quarters, etc. employment to live in company houses or to trade at the store of the emp loyer . (c) A Bituminous Coal Labor Board, hereinafter referred to as Bituminous Coal La- " Lab or Board ", consisting of three mmbers, shall be appointed bAppo Board . Labor by the President of the United States by and with the advice and post, p . 1627' consent of the Senate, and shall be assigned to the Department of Labor. The chairman shall be an impartial person with no financial Chairman . interest in the industry, or connection with any organization of the emp loyees . Of the other m embers, one shal l be a r epresent ative of Qualifications. the producers and one shall be a representative of the organized employees, each of whom may retain his respective interest in the industry or relationship to the organization of employees . The Ap point ment of see . Labo r Board shall, w ith due regard t o the pr ovisions of the civil- rotary, etc . service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, appoint and fix the compensation and duties of a secretary and necessary clerical and other assistants . The members shall serve for a period Terms of office . of four years or until the prior termination of this Act, and shall Compensation . each receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum and necessary traveling expenses . Any person appointed to fill a vacancy vacancies . shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office . Decisions of the La bor Bo ard maybemadebya ma jor ity De cisi ons . thereof . (d) The Labor Board shall sit at such places as its duties require, Boaessions of Labor and may appoint an examiner to report evidence for its finding in any particular case . It shall notify the parties to any dispute of pu Notification to di s- th e time a nd place of the taking of evidence, or the hearing of the cause, and its finding of facts supported by any substantial evidence Findings of fact . sh all be c onclusiv e upon r eview th ereof by any cou rt of th e United States . It shall transmit its findings and order to the parties inter- ed Copies to be forward- ested and to the Commission . The Commission shall take no action Action of Commis. thereon for sixty days after the entry of the order of the Labor sion . Board ; and if within such sixty days an appeal is taken under the