Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
Latest action · Oct 19, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NRLA) and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it:
- revises the definition of "employee" and "supervisor" to prevent employers from removing employees from the protections of the labor laws,
- prohibits employers from interfering with certain rights granted to employees under the NLRA,
- expands unfair labor practices to include prohibitions against replacement of worker who strike or discrimination against them,
- imposes new penalties against employers who violate labor law requirements,
- allows workers to bring civil actions against employers for labor law violations and unfair labor practices,
- requires certain disclosures with respect to worker wages, and
- requires contractors seeking federal contracts over $500,000 to disclose labor law violations when applying for such contracts.
Cosponsors 79
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2018 to Dec 20, 2018; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jun 13, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2018 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2018 | |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2018 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Oct 19, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 13, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 13, 2018Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 98, June 13, 2018, page H5153.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2069 | Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act | Related bill | Nov 2, 2017 |
| S 2143 | WAGE Act | Related bill | Nov 16, 2017 |
| HR 2654 | Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act | Related bill | May 25, 2017 |
| S 3064 | Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 13, 2018 |
| S 3077 | Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 14, 2018 |
| HR 4548 | WAGE Act | Related bill | Dec 5, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, 1959, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Age discrimination
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Civil actions and liability
- Contracts and agency
- Department of Defense
- Department of Labor
- Disability and paralysis
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- General Services Administration
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Labor-management relations
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Sex offenses
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
