{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-13b-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 34:13B-2","heading":"Collective bargaining","body":"Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through  representatives of their own choosing.  The majority of any craft or class of  employees shall have the right to determine who shall be the representative of  the craft or class for the purposes of this act.  No public utility, its  officers or agents, shall deny or in any way question the right of its  employees to join, organize or assist in organizing the labor organization of  their choice, and it shall be unlawful for any public utility to interfere in  any way with the organization of its employees, or to use the funds of the  public utility in maintaining or assisting or contributing to any labor  organization, labor representative, or other agency of collective bargaining,  or in performing any work therefor, or to influence or coerce employees in an  effort to induce them to join or remain or not to join or remain members of any  labor organization;  provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to  require as a condition of employment, membership in any labor organization, not  initiated, created or existing as a result of practices declared unlawful  hereby;  provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit a  public utility from permitting an employee, individually, or local  representatives of employees from conferring with management during working  hours without loss of time, or to prohibit a public utility from furnishing  free transportation to its employees while engaged in the business of a labor  organization.  In the event of a controversy as to who are the representatives  of any given craft or class of employees of a utility for the purpose of  collective bargaining or of a controversy as to which employees of a utility  constitute or are members of a given craft or class and entitled to vote in an  election for the choice of representatives for purposes of collective  bargaining, the State Board of Mediation shall determine such question or  questions and certify its findings to the employees and to the utility.  Such  finding of the State Board of Mediation shall be conclusive.\nL.1946, c. 38, p. 87, s. 2.","path":["TITLE 34 LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"a2fb19a1623475951449af60e03c973fcea7a734a238e77694bf446de25fa2f4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-13b-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-34-13b-2.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}