Employee Rights Act
Latest action · Sep 7, 2017 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.
- IntroducedSep 7, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 7, 2017 to Oct 3, 2018; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-AL | Richard C. Shelby | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Sep 7, 2017 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 14, 2017 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Sep 26, 2017 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Sep 27, 2017 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Sep 27, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Luther Strange | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Dec 14, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Dec 20, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Jan 10, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jan 23, 2018 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Feb 5, 2018 | |
| R-KY | Mitch McConnell | Feb 5, 2018 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Oct 3, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Sep 7, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1874 | Employee Rights Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 28, 2015 |
| HR 2127 | National Paycheck Protection Act | Related bill | Apr 27, 2017 |
| HR 2723 | Employee Rights Act | Related bill | Jun 14, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Employee Rights Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
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