Denial or Abridgement of Right to Work

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Denial or Abridgement of Right to Work.” It is part of Chapter 4 “Labor Unions, Strikes, Etc”, which is part of Title 40.1 “Labor and Employment”. It contains 13 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 13 sections.

§ 40.1-58	Policy of article
§ 40.1-58.1	Application of article to public employers and employees
§ 40.1-59	Agreements or combinations declared unlawful
§ 40.1-60	Employers not to require employees to become or remain members of union
§ 40.1-61	Employers not to require abstention from membership or officeholding in union
§ 40.1-62	Employer not to require payment of union dues, etc
§ 40.1-63	Recovery by individual unlawfully denied employment
§ 40.1-64	Application of article to contracts
§ 40.1-65	Agreement or practice designed to cause employer to violate article declared illegal
§ 40.1-66	Conduct causing violation of article illegal; peaceful solicitation to join union
§ 40.1-67	Injunctive relief against violation; recovery of damages
§ 40.1-68	Service of process on clerk of State Corporation Commission as attorney for union
§ 40.1-69	Violation a misdemeanor