Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

Bill: 118-s-2724
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-09-05
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Nationwide Right To Unionize Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization (i.e., union) as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting any state laws that prohibit such agreements).</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2724 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 5, 2023 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Padilla , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Markey , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Booker , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Brown , Ms. Baldwin , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Smith , Mr. Fetterman , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Merkley , Mrs. Gillibrand , and Mr. Welch ) 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.