US Congress Senate Bill 478 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 22-0)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-26 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.

Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]	Sen. Jim Bunning [R-KY]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]	Sen. Mel Martinez [R-FL]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-26		Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
2009-02-25		Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

HB1176 (Related) 2009-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/478/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s478/BILLS-111s478pcs.pdf