US SB1774 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 32-0)
Status: Introduced on September 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-07 - 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]
Status: Introduced on September 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-09-07 - 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]
Summary
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.
Title
Employee Rights Act
Sponsors
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT] | Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN] | Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] |
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS] | Sen. Todd Young [R-IN] | Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] | Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC] |
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] | Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL] | Sen. David Perdue [R-GA] |
Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE] | Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA] | Sen. James Risch [R-ID] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK] | Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] | Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] |
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD] | Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL] | Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY] | Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI] |
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ] | Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY] | Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS] | Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO] |
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY] | Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY] | Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] | Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-09-07 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2723 (Related) 2017-06-14 - Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Prior to Referral.
HB2127 (Related) 2017-04-27 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2907)
HB2127 (Related) 2017-04-27 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2907)
Subjects
Accounting and auditing
Business records
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor and employment
Labor-management relations
Organized crime
Violent crime
Business records
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor and employment
Labor-management relations
Organized crime
Violent crime
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1774/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1774/BILLS-115s1774is.pdf |