Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

Bill: 117-s-4803
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-09-08
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4803 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 8, 2022 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Brown , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Booker , Mr. Markey , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Smith , Ms. Stabenow , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Luján , and Mr. Padilla ) 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 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.