US Congress Senate Bill 1217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Representation Fairness Restoration Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to replace the current legal standard for determining the appropriateness of a collective bargaining unit. Under a 2011 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, the NLRB must approve a requested bargaining unit unless an employer can show that an overwhelming community of interest exists between the requested unit and some other portion of the workforce, thus allowing the formation of smaller bargaining units (i.e., micro-bargaining units). This bill requires the NLRB to determine a unit appropriate for collective bargaining if it consists of employees who share a sufficient community of interest and sets forth factors for the NLRB to consider in determining whether employees share a sufficient community of interest.

Representation Fairness Restoration Act

Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2629 (Same As) 2017-05-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1217/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1217/BILLS-115s1217is.pdf