SEC. 2. PREVENTING EXCESSIVE DELAYS IN INITIAL COL-
LECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) Whenever collective bargaining is for the pur-
pose of establishing an initial agreement following certifi-
cation or recognition, the provisions of subsection (d) shall 
be modified as follows with respect to any employer having 
20 or more employees: 
‘‘(1) Not later than 10 days after receiving a 
written request for collective bargaining from an in-
dividual or labor organization that has been newly 
organized or certified as a representative as defined 
in section 9(a), or within such further period as the 
parties agree upon, the parties shall meet and com-
mence to bargain collectively and shall make every 
reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective 
bargaining agreement. 
‘‘(2) If after the expiration of the 120-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which bargaining is 
commenced, or such other period as the parties may 
agree upon, the parties have failed to reach an 
agreement, either party may notify the Federal Me-
diation and Conciliation Service of the existence of 
a dispute and request the appointment of an arbitra-
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tion panel. Whenever such a request is received, the 
Service shall promptly appoint an arbitration panel 
which will use its best efforts, by mediation and con-
ciliation, to bring the parties to agreement. 
‘‘(3) If after the expiration of the 120-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the request for 
mediation is made under paragraph (2), or such 
other period as the parties may agree upon, the arbi-
tration panel appointed under paragraph (2) is not 
able to bring the parties to agreement by mediation 
and conciliation, the such panel shall then begin to 
arbitrate the dispute in accordance with such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by the Service. Such 
panel shall render a decision settling the dispute not 
later than 30 days after commencing arbitration and 
such decision shall be binding upon the parties for 
a period of 18 months, unless amended during such 
period by written consent of the parties.’’. 
SEC. 3. STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST INTIMI-
DATION OF WORKERS. 
(a) INJUNCTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR LABOR PRAC-
TICES DURING ORGANIZING DRIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10(l) of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(l)) is amend-
ed— 
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(A) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘If, 
after such’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) If, after such’’; and 
(B) by striking the first sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) Whenever it is charged— 
‘‘(A) that any employer— 
‘‘(i) discharged or otherwise discriminated 
against an employee in violation of subsection 
(a)(3) of section 8; 
‘‘(ii) threatened to discharge or to other-
wise discriminate against an employee in viola-
tion of subsection (a)(1) of section 8; or 
‘‘(iii) engaged in any other unfair labor 
practice within the meaning of subsection (a)(1) 
that significantly interferes with, restrains, or 
coerces employees in the exercise of the rights 
guaranteed in section 7; 
while employees of that employer were seeking rep-
resentation by a labor organization or during the pe-
riod after a labor organization was recognized as a 
representative defined in section 9(a) until the first 
collective bargaining contract is entered into between 
the employer and the representative; or 
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‘‘(B) that any person has engaged in an unfair 
labor practice within the meaning of subparagraph 
(A), (B) or (C) of section 8(b)(4), section 8(e), or 
section 8(b)(7); 
the preliminary investigation of such charge shall be made 
forthwith and given priority over all other cases except 
cases of like character in the office where it is filed or 
to which it is referred.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 10(m) 
of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
160(m)) is amended by inserting ‘‘under cir-
cumstances not subject to section 10(l)’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 8’’. 
(b) REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS.— 
(1) BACKPAY.—Section 10(c) of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘And provided further,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Provided further, That if the Board finds that an 
employer has discriminated against an employee in 
violation of subsection (a)(3) of section 8 while em-
ployees of the employer were seeking representation 
by a labor organization, or during the period after 
a labor organization was recognized as a representa-
tive defined in subsection (a) of section 9 until the 
first collective bargaining contract was entered into 
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between the employer and the representative, the 
Board in such order shall award the employee back 
pay and, in addition, 2 times that amount as liq-
uidated damages: Provided further,’’. 
(2) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 12 of the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 162) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
Any’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) Any employer who willfully or repeatedly com-
mits any unfair labor practice within the meaning of sub-
sections (a)(1) or (a)(3) of section 8 while employees of 
the employer are seeking representation by a labor organi-
zation or during the period after a labor organization has 
been recognized as a representative defined in subsection 
(a) of section 9 until the first collective bargaining con-
tract is entered into between the employer and the rep-
resentative shall, in addition to any make-whole remedy 
ordered, be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed 
$20,000 for each violation. In determining the amount of 
any penalty under this section, the Board shall consider 
the gravity of the unfair labor practice and the impact 
of the unfair labor practice on the charging party, on other 
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