US Congress Senate Bill 933 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-14 - 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]

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to require that no investigative hearing take place until at least 14 days after the filing of an election petition regarding collective bargaining representation when the NLRB has reasonable cause to believe that the petition raises a question of representation affecting commerce. Requires such hearings to be non-adversarial, and the hearing officer, in collaboration with the parties, to identify any relevant and material pre-election issues. Requires the NLRB, in cases where it finds that a question of representation exists, to: (1) direct an election by secret ballot as soon as practicable but not before 35 calendar days after the filing of the election petition, and (2) certify election results only after it has ruled on each pre-election issue not resolved before the election and any additional issue pertaining to the conduct or results of that election. Requires the Board also, not earlier than seven days after a final determination of the appropriate bargaining unit, to acquire from the employer a list of all employees eligible to vote in the election, which shall: (1) be made available to all parties, and (2) include the employees' names as well as one additional form of personal contact information (such as telephone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen by the employee in writing.

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]
Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1767 (Related) 2015-04-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
HB1768 (Related) 2015-04-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/933/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s933/BILLS-114s933is.pdf