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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363481</law_id><section_number>40.1-61</section_number><catch_line>Employers not to require abstention from membership or officeholding in union</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-63</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="89" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="4">Labor Unions, Strikes, Etc</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Denial or Abridgement of Right to Work</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall be required by an <span class="dictionary">employer</span> to abstain or refrain from membership in, or holding office in, any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 40-71; 1970, c. 321; 2002, c. 422.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
