I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8573 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 
to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2024 
Ms. FOXX introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act of 1959 to require labor organizations to make cer-
tain disclosures to its members, 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 ‘‘Union Members Right 
to Know Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-
PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 
Section 105 of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Every labor organization 
shall provide to members of the labor organization, 
in accordance with paragraph (2), the following: 
‘‘(A) A copy of this Act, and a summary 
of each title of this Act. 
‘‘(B) A summary of the rights of an indi-
vidual to seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), 
a reasonable accommodation, based on the reli-
gious beliefs or practices of the individual, not 
to pay dues or fees to the labor organization. 
‘‘(C) A summary of the rights of employees 
under the holding of the Supreme Court in 
Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 
735 (1988). 
‘‘(2) 
DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS.—Every 
labor organization shall provide the information 
under paragraph (1) by— 
‘‘(A) mail or electronic mail— 
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‘‘(i) to any member who joins the 
labor organization on or after the date that 
is 90 days after the date of enactment of 
the Union Members Right to Know Act, 
not later than 30 days after the member 
joins the labor organization; and 
‘‘(ii) to each member of the labor or-
ganization, not later than 1 year after such 
date of enactment, and on an annual basis 
thereafter; and 
‘‘(B) if the labor organization has a 
website, maintaining on the home-page of the 
website of the labor organization a hyperlink, ti-
tled ‘Union Member Rights and Officer Respon-
sibilities Under the LMRDA’, to the informa-
tion described under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
COMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 180 days after such date of enactment, 
every labor organization that is required to 
comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall submit to 
the Secretary a form signed by its president 
and treasurer or corresponding principal offi-
cers certifying that the labor organization has 
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