Whenever used in this subchapter:
(1) Representative or representatives of employees.— Includes labor organizations as well as the persons who are officers, officials and employees of, and anyone else holding a position of any kind in a labor organization.
(2) Labor organization.— Means any labor organization of any kind, or any agency or committee representing employees, or any group of employees acting in concert, or any plan participated in by employees and existing, in whole or in part, for the purpose of dealing with an employer with respect to grievances, disputes, wages, wage rates, working hours, and/or working conditions.
(3) Employer.— Shall comprise any natural or [juridical] person, including agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico operating as private enterprises or businesses, and the executives, supervisors, managers, and any other person directly or indirectly acting in an executive capacity in the interest of an employer, but it shall not include the Government or any political subdivision thereof; Provided, That it shall also include any individual, partnership, or organization intervening in favor of management in any labor dispute or collective bargaining.
History —June 23, 1955, No. 99, p. 520, § 1.