...Carriers Rate Conf. v. United States, 471 US 48, 67 (1985). 7 15 USC § 17. 8 The statute continues: "Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be...construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor . . . organizations, ... or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully...

...calculated to exempt labor unions from antitrust restrictions. Section 6 of that Act declared: Nothing in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor . . . organizations instituted for the purpose of mutual help ... or to forbid or restrain individual...

...is not commodity or article of commerce," and provided further that nothing contained in the Federal antitrust laws: Shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor... organizations... nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal...

...two sections that exempted unions from antitrust law: Section 6: That the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained...construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted...

...that labor unions were exempt from prosecution under the Sherman Act. According to the Clayton Act, "Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be...construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor (unions)." Note: Key terms related to mergers are: Conglomerate Merger- Two companies in different...