To provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
05/25/2017
Introduced in House
05/25/2017 Introduced in House
All Actions (3)
Date
All Actions
06/14/2017
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Prior to Referral. Action By: House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
05/25/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Action By: House of Representatives
05/25/2017
Introduced in House Action By: House of Representatives
06/14/2017 Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Prior to Referral.
05/25/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 the Workforce
05/25/2017
Referred to
House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list consisting only of employee names and addresses of all eligible voters within seven days after an NLRB determination of the appropriate bargaining unit or an agreement on eligible voters.
The bill: (1) grants union and nonunion employees the right to vote by secret ballot on whether to ratify a collective bargaining agreement or engage in a strike, (2) prohibits the use of union dues for any purpose not directly related to collective bargaining, (3) prohibits a strike without the consent of a majority of all represented employees determined by secret ballot, and (4) prohibits the use or threat of force or violence to obtain the right to represent employees.
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All Summaries (1)
Shown Here: Introduced in House (05/25/2017)
Employee Rights Act
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to: (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list consisting only of employee names and addresses of all eligible voters within seven days after an NLRB determination of the appropriate bargaining unit or an agreement on eligible voters.
The bill: (1) grants union and nonunion employees the right to vote by secret ballot on whether to ratify a collective bargaining agreement or engage in a strike, (2) prohibits the use of union dues for any purpose not directly related to collective bargaining, (3) prohibits a strike without the consent of a majority of all represented employees determined by secret ballot, and (4) prohibits the use or threat of force or violence to obtain the right to represent employees.