To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to require the authorization of members of a labor organization before such organization may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
07/26/2010
Introduced in House
07/26/2010 Introduced in House
All Actions (3)
Date
All Actions
10/13/2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Action By: Committee on Education and Labor
07/26/2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Action By: House of Representatives
07/26/2010
Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives
10/13/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
07/26/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Committee / Subcommittee
Date
Activity
Reports
House Education and Labor
07/26/2010
Referred to
House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
10/13/2010
Referred to
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Union Member Protection Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) to require a labor organization's mandatory report to the Secretary of Labor on its constitution, officers, and basic organization to include, in a clear and simple format, both: (1) a description of the specific nature and total amount of political expenditures the labor organization proposes to make for the upcoming fiscal year; and (2) a disclosure of how each labor organization officer voted on each political expenditure made by the organization during the preceding fiscal year.
Prohibits a labor organization from making political expenditures unless: (1) they are of the nature of those proposed in such report; and (2) they have received a full, free, and written authorization by secret ballot by a majority of the labor organization members.
Makes officers jointly and severally liable for authorizing a political expenditure without first obtaining the authorization of labor organization members.
Requires labor organization bylaws to provide expressly for a vote of the organization's principal officers on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000. Requires a labor organization to make public the individual votes of such officers within 48 hours, including in a clear and conspicuous location on its website.
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Shown Here: Introduced in House (07/26/2010)
Union Member Protection Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) to require a labor organization's mandatory report to the Secretary of Labor on its constitution, officers, and basic organization to include, in a clear and simple format, both: (1) a description of the specific nature and total amount of political expenditures the labor organization proposes to make for the upcoming fiscal year; and (2) a disclosure of how each labor organization officer voted on each political expenditure made by the organization during the preceding fiscal year.
Prohibits a labor organization from making political expenditures unless: (1) they are of the nature of those proposed in such report; and (2) they have received a full, free, and written authorization by secret ballot by a majority of the labor organization members.
Makes officers jointly and severally liable for authorizing a political expenditure without first obtaining the authorization of labor organization members.
Requires labor organization bylaws to provide expressly for a vote of the organization's principal officers on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000. Requires a labor organization to make public the individual votes of such officers within 48 hours, including in a clear and conspicuous location on its website.