National Right-to-Work Act

Bill: 116-s-525
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2019-02-14
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Railroads

Transportation employees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>National Right-to-Work Act </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 525 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2019 Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Risch , Mr. Wicker , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Cruz , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Scott of South Carolina , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Perdue , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Cornyn , and Mr. Cramer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Right-to-Work Act . 2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act (a) Rights of employees Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 157 ) is amended by striking except to and all that follows through authorized in section 8(a)(3) . (b) Unfair labor practices Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 158 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking : Provided , That and all that follows through retaining membership ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking or to discriminate and all that follows through retaining membership ; and (B) in paragraph (5), by striking covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) ; and (3) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and (B) by striking Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided further , and inserting Provided , . (c) Additional conforming amendments The National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 9 ( 29 U.S.C. 159 ), by striking subsection (e); (2) in section 3(b) ( 29 U.S.C. 153(b) ), by striking or (e) ; and (3) in section 8(f) ( 29 U.S.C. 158(f) ), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking or 9(e) . 3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act ( 45 U.S.C. 152 ) is amended by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties. 4. Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this Act.