Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（目的）
The purpose of this Act is to elevate the status of workers by promoting their being on equal standing with their employer in their negotiations with the employer; to defend the exercise by workers of voluntary organization and association in labor unions so that they may carry out collective action, including the designation of representatives of their own choosing to negotiate working conditions; and to promote the practice of collective bargaining, and procedures therefore, for the purpose of concluding collective agreements regulating relations between employers and workers.
The provisions of Article 35 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) are to apply to collective bargaining and other acts of labor unions which are justifiable and have been performed for the attainment of the purpose of the preceding paragraph, provided, however, that in any case exercises of violence must not be construed as justifiable acts of labor unions.
第二条（労働組合）
The term "labor unions" as used in this Act means those organizations, or federations thereof, formed voluntarily and composed mainly of workers for the main purposes of maintaining and improving working conditions and raising the economic status of the workers; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases that fall under any of the following items:
この法律で「労働組合」とは、労働者が主体となつて自主的に労働条件の維持改善その他経済的地位の向上を図ることを主たる目的として組織する団体又はその連合団体をいう。但し、左の各号の一に該当するものは、この限りでない。
organizations that allow participation by workers in supervisory positions having direct authority with respect to executives, hiring, dismissal, promotions, or transfers; workers in supervisory positions having access to confidential information relating to plans and policies on the employer's labor relationships so that their official duties and responsibilities directly conflict with their sincerity and responsibilities as members of the labor union; and other persons who represent the interests of the employer;
organizations that receive the employer's financial assistance in paying the organizations' operational expenditures; provided, however, that this does not prevent the employer from permitting workers to deliberate or negotiate with the employer during working hours without loss of time or wages, and excludes the employer's contributions for public welfare funds or welfare and other funds which are actually used for payments to prevent or relieve economic adversity or misfortunes, or to the provision of office of minimum space;
団体の運営のための経費の支出につき使用者の経理上の援助を受けるもの。但し、労働者が労働時間中に時間又は賃金を失うことなく使用者と協議し、又は交渉することを使用者が許すことを妨げるものではなく、且つ、厚生資金又は経済上の不幸若しくは災厄を防止し、若しくは救済するための支出に実際に用いられる福利その他の基金に対する使用者の寄附及び最小限の広さの事務所の供与を除くものとする。
organizations whose purposes are limited to mutual aid projects or other welfare businesses;
共済事業その他福利事業のみを目的とするもの
organizations whose purposes are principally political or social movements.
主として政治運動又は社会運動を目的とするもの
第三条（労働者）
The term "workers" as used in this Act means those persons who live on their wages, salaries, or other equivalent income, regardless of the kind of occupation.
この法律で「労働者」とは、職業の種類を問わず、賃金、給料その他これに準ずる収入によつて生活する者をいう。
Deleted.
削除