Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Bill: 117-hr-8793
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2022-09-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-09
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 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8793 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2022 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Ms. Brownley , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Peters , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Sires , Ms. Speier , Mr. Swalwell , and Mr. Veasey ) 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.