Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Bill: 118-hr-5351
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2023-09-05
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5351 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 5, 2023 Mr. Sherman (for himself, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Peters , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Norton , Ms. Brownley , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Panetta , and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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State right-to-work laws Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 164 ) is repealed.