Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Bill: 116-hr-5712
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2020-01-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption

Labor-management relations

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Nationwide Right To Unionize Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides authorization for 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 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5712 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2020 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Clay , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lynch , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Moore , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Norton , Ms. Omar , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Speier , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Visclosky , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Veasey , and Mr. Meeks ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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 Nationwide Right to Unionize 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.