Protecting Workers and Improving Labor Standards Act

Bill: 115-s-1838
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-09-19
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption

Labor-management relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Workers and Improving Labor Standards Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting state laws that prohibit such agreements).</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1838 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 19, 2017 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Brown , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Markey , and Ms. Hassan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Workers and Improving Labor Standards Act . 2. Preempting State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.