Protecting Workers and Improving Labor Standards Act

Bill: 115-hr-3827
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2017-09-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption

Labor-management relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3827 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2017 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Clay , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Cummings , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lynch , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Moore , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Payne , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Sires , Ms. Speier , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Visclosky , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Kihuen , Mr. Espaillat , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Nolan , Ms. Bass , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Lofgren , and Mr. Keating ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.