S 2178 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 27, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 27, 2014
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2014 to May 1, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalMar 27, 2014
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMar 27, 2014
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMar 27, 2014
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalMar 27, 2014
R-SCTim ScottOriginalMar 27, 2014
R-KYMitch McConnellApr 1, 2014
R-KSPat RobertsApr 1, 2014
R-NCRichard BurrApr 1, 2014
R-FLMarco RubioApr 7, 2014
R-TXJohn CornynApr 10, 2014
R-ALJeff SessionsMay 1, 2014
R-SDJohn ThuneMay 1, 2014

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2014Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 27, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4320Workforce Democracy and Fairness ActRelated billDec 9, 2014
HR 4321Employee Privacy Protection ActRelated billSep 9, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2014Introduced in Senate

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