Protecting Striking Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-3358
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-19
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Striking Workers Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the provisions addressing the prevention of unfair labor practices to specify that the National Labor Relations Board has the authority to order the reinstatement of, and to provide other remedies for, employees who are discriminated against by their employer for participating in a lawful strike to protest an unfair labor practice.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3358 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2021 Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To clarify that employees may seek recourse from the National Labor Relations Board if discriminated against by an employer for participating in an unfair labor practice strike.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Striking Workers Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that it is the policy of the United States that workers have the right to participate in lawful strikes in protest of unfair labor practices. 3. Clarifying recourses for workers discriminated against for participating in a lawful unfair labor practice strike Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 160(c) ) is amended by inserting before And provided further, the following: Provided further , That in any case in which the Board finds that an employer unlawfully discriminated against an employee in relation to the employee’s participation in a lawful strike to protest an unfair labor practice of the employer, the Board may order reinstatement of the employee, require back pay, require the employer to post a notice to employees of its commitment to observe employee’s rights under this Act, or take such other affirmative action as the Board may consider appropriate: .