Union Members Right to Know Act

Bill: 118-hr-8573
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2024-05-28
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8573 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2024 Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Union Members Right to Know Act . 2. Amendments to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 Section 105 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 415 ) is amended— (1) by striking Every and inserting the following: (a) In general Every ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Required disclosures (1) In general Every labor organization shall provide to members of the labor organization, in accordance with paragraph (2), the following: (A) A copy of this Act, and a summary of each title of this Act. (B) A summary of the rights of an individual to seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. ), a reasonable accommodation, based on the religious beliefs or practices of the individual, not to pay dues or fees to the labor organization. (C) A summary of the rights of employees under the holding of the Supreme Court in Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988). (2) Disclosure requirements Every labor organization shall provide the information under paragraph (1) by— (A) mail or electronic mail— (i) to any member who joins the labor organization on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of the Union Members Right to Know Act, not later than 30 days after the member joins the labor organization; and (ii) to each member of the labor organization, not later than 1 year after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis thereafter; and (B) if the labor organization has a website, maintaining on the home-page of the website of the labor organization a hyperlink, titled Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA , to the information described under paragraph (1). (3) Compliance (A) Initial compliance Not later than 180 days after such date of enactment, every labor organization that is required to comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers certifying that the labor organization has complied with the requirements of such paragraph. (B) Ongoing compliance Not later than 18 months after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis thereafter, each labor organization shall submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers certifying that the labor organization has complied with the requirements of paragraph (2). . 3. Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.