I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6579 
To enable an employer or employees to establish an employee involvement 
organization to represent the interests of employees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2022 
Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. GARCIA of California, 
Mr. COLE, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ROUZER, 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MANN, and 
Mr. BABIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To enable an employer or employees to establish an employee 
involvement organization to represent the interests of 
employees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Teamwork for Employ-
ees and Managers Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. EMPLOYER EXCEPTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(h) It shall not constitute or be evidence of an unfair 
labor practice under subsection (a) for an employer to es-
tablish, assist, maintain, or participate in an employee in-
volvement organization, as defined in section 3 of the 
Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 2022: Pro-
vided, That this subsection shall not apply in a case in 
which a labor organization is the representative of the em-
ployees of the employer in accordance with section 9(a).’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION FROM LABOR ORGANIZATION DEFI-
NITION.—Section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, except 
that the term shall not include an employee involvement 
organization as defined in section 3 of the Teamwork for 
Employees and Managers Act of 2022’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2 of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152). 
(2) 
EMPLOYEE
INVOLVEMENT
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘‘employee involvement organiza-
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tion’’ means an organization or entity established by 
the mutual consent of an employer and any number 
of employees of the employer— 
(A) which may be initiated by the em-
ployer, the employees, or both; 
(B) which may be dissolved— 
(i) except as described in clause (ii), 
at any time, and without regard to cause, 
by the employer, the employees, or both; or 
(ii) in the case of an employee involve-
ment organization for a large employer and 
employees of the large employer, only in 
accordance with section 4(b)(2); 
(C) in which employees and supervisors 
participate to address matters of mutual inter-
est, including issues of quality of work, produc-
tivity, efficiency, compensation, benefits (includ-
ing related to education and training), recruit-
ment and retention, grievances, child care, safe-
ty and health, and accommodation of the reli-
gious beliefs and practices of employees; and 
(D) that does not have, claim, or seek au-
thority to— 
(i) be the exclusive collective bar-
gaining representative of the employees 
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participating in such organization or enti-
ty; 
(ii) negotiate or enter into a collective 
bargaining agreement with the employer on 
behalf of such employees; 
(iii) amend any collective bargaining 
agreement between the employer and any 
labor organization; or 
(iv) preclude such employees from 
designating or selecting a labor organiza-
tion as the representative of such employ-
ees, as provided in section 9(a) of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
159(a)). 
(3) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2 of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152). 
(4) LARGE EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘large em-
ployer’’ means an employer that— 
(A) had more than $1,000,000,000 in an-
nual gross revenues for the most recently com-
pleted fiscal year prior to the date of certifi-
cation under section 4(b)(1); and 
(B) employs more than 3,000 employees on 
such date. 
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(5) 
WORKFORCE
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘‘workforce committee’’ means a committee of the 
board of directors of an employer that— 
(A) oversees the policies of the employer on 
quality of work, productivity, efficiency, com-
pensation, benefits (including related to edu-
cation and training), recruitment and retention, 
grievances, child care, safety and health, and 
accommodation of the religious beliefs and prac-
tices of employees; 
(B) has a substantially equivalent source 
of authority with respect to authorizing provi-
sions in the article of incorporation or bylaws of 
the employer as the compensation committee of 
the board of directors or an equivalent com-
mittee of the board of directors; and 
(C) may be the compensation committee of 
the board of directors or an equivalent com-
mittee of the board of directors, if such com-
mittee meets the requirements of this para-
graph. 
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SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT OR-
GANIZATIONS AT LARGE EMPLOYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply to each 
employee involvement organization for a large employer 
and employees of the large employer. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE INVOLVE-
MENT ORGANIZATION FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—A large employer shall 
certify each employee involvement organization for 
the large employer on the date of formation of such 
employee involvement organization. 
(2) PROCEDURES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—An employee involve-
ment organization established under paragraph 
(1) shall have reasonable procedures regard-
ing— 
(i) how an employee may join or leave 
such employee involvement organization; 
and 
(ii) dissolution of the employee in-
volvement organization. 
(B) DISSOLUTION FOR CAUSE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
employee involvement organization that 
has been certified under paragraph (1) for 
not less than 5 consecutive years, a large 
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