Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5894
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2016-07-14
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Labor-management relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016</b></p> <p> This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law.</p> <p>(The bill preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.)</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5894 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2016 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Mr. Kildee , Ms. Bass , Mr. Becerra , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Clay , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Cummings , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Ellison , Mr. Engel , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Farr , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Grayson , Mr. Honda , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kaptur , Ms. Lee , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Lynch , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Meeks , Ms. Moore , Mr. Nadler , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Payne , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Sires , Ms. Speier , Mr. Swalwell of California , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Visclosky , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016 . 2. Repeal Section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).