Union Coercion Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-1815
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-04-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Union Coercion Prevention Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to interfere with the rights of employees to organize and select representation to bargain collectively. </p> <p>Adds a requirement that representatives be selected by secret ballot in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by a majority of the employees in a unit. Defines &quot;majority&quot; for purposes of determining the majority of employees in an election to mean the majority of all employees in the unit, and not the majority of employees voting in the election. </p> <p>Requires the NLRB to decide, before the election of a labor organization as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of all employees of an appropriate unit, whether such unit shall be the employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision unit. </p> <p>Requires the NLRB to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing when it is investigating an election petition if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of representation affecting commerce exists. </p> <p>Revises the requirement that the NLRB direct an election by secret ballot, and certify its results, whenever it finds upon the record of such a hearing that a question of representation exists. Adds a requirement that the NLRB also review all post-hearing appeals before finding that such a question exists. </p> <p>Prohibits an election less than 40 calendar days following the filing of an election petition. Requires an employer to provide the NLRB a list of employee names and home addresses of all eligible voters within 7 days after an NLRB determination of the appropriate unit or following any agreement between the employer and the labor organization regarding eligible voters. </p> <p>Prohibits an election after the filing of a petition unless and until: (1) a hearing is conducted before a qualified hearing officer on any and all material, factual issues regarding jurisdiction, statutory coverage, appropriate unit, unit inclusion or exclusion, or eligibility of individuals; and (2) the issues are resolved by a regional Director, subject to appeal and review, or by the NLRB. </p> <p>Declares that election results shall not be final nor any labor organization be certified as a bargaining representative unless the NLRB has ruled on: (1) each pre-election issue not resolved before the election; and (2) the NLRB conducts a hearing and resolves each issue pertaining to the conduct or results of the election. </p> <p>Makes any labor organization found to have interfered with, restrained, or coerced employees in the exercise of their rights to form or join a labor organization or to refrain from forming or joining (including the filing of a decertification petition) liable for lost wages and unlawfully collected union dues and fees, if any, and an additional amount as liquated damages. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1815 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2013 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To protect workers from the corrupt and coercive Card Check system of organizing labor unions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Union Coercion Prevention Act . 2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act (a) Unfair labor practices Section 8(b)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)(1)) is amended by inserting interfere with before restrain . (b) Representatives and elections Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining and inserting for the purposes of collective bargaining selected by secret ballot in an election conducted by the Board, ; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: : Provided further , That, for purposes of determining the majority of the employees in a secret ballot election in a unit, the term majority shall mean the majority of all the employees in the unit, and not the majority of employees voting in the election . (c) Fair representation in elections Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by inserting prior to an election after in each case ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the flush matter following paragraph (1)(B)— (i) by inserting of 14 days in advance after appropriate hearing upon due notice ; (ii) by inserting , and a review of post-hearing appeals, after the record of such hearing ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: No election shall be conducted less than 40 calendar days following the filing of an election petition. The employer shall provide the Board a list of employee names and home addresses of all eligible voters within 7 days following the Board's determination of the appropriate unit or following any agreement between the employer and the labor organization regarding the eligible voters. ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (6) (A) No election shall take place after the filing of any petition unless and until— (i) a hearing is conducted before a qualified hearing officer in accordance with due process on any and all material, factual issues regarding jurisdiction, statutory coverage, appropriate unit, unit inclusion or exclusion, or eligibility of individuals; and (ii) the issues are resolved by a Regional Director, subject to appeal and review, or by the Board. (B) No election results shall be final and no labor organization shall be certified as the bargaining representative of the employees in an appropriate unit unless and until the Board has ruled on— (i) each pre-election issue not resolved before the election; and (ii) the Board conducts a hearing in accordance with due process and resolves each issue pertaining to the conduct or results of the election. . (d) Penalties Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 160 ) is amended by inserting after the second sentence following the second proviso, the following: Any labor organization found to have interfered with, restrained, or coerced employees in the exercise of their rights under section 7 to form or join a labor organization or to refrain therefrom, including the filing of a decertification petition, shall be liable for wages lost and union dues or fees collected unlawfully, if any, and an additional amount as liquidated damages. Any labor organization found to have interfered with, restrained, or coerced an employee in connection with the filing of a decertification petition shall be prohibited from filing objections to an election held pursuant to such petition. .