Bill > HR1855

Introduced Session

To provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization. This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, also 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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David Roe (R)*,  Rick Allen (R),  Kelly Armstrong (R),  Jim Banks (R),  Ted Budd (R),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Tom Cole (R),  James Comer (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Warren Davidson (R),  Scott DesJarlais (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Virginia Foxx (R),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Andy Harris (R),  Jody Hice (R),  Dusty Johnson (R),  Mike Johnson (R),  John Joyce (R),  Doug Lamborn (R),  Kenny Marchant (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Paul Mitchell (I),  Scott Perry (R),  Tom Rice (R),  Mike Rogers (R),  Francis Rooney (R),  David Rouzer (R),  John Rutherford (R),  Adrian Smith (R),  Mark Walker (R),  Steve Watkins (R),  Brad Wenstrup (R),  Joe Wilson (R),  Ron Wright (R),  Ted Yoho (R), 

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (on 03/25/2019)

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