3.0.0 1513 2023-01-15T06:17:47Z 2023-01-15T06:17:47Z Senate S S 2003-07-31 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-31T20:06:42Z Employee Right to Choose Act of 2003 108 3078 HR 2003-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate 2003-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-11-06 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-11-06 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-11-06 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2003-11-06 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-11-06 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2003-11-14 False Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Collective bargaining Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health Health facilities Hospital personnel Industrial arbitration Industrial relations Labor contracts Labor disputes Labor unions Law Mediation Medical personnel National Labor Relations Board Runoff elections Labor and Employment 00 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-16T21:52:13Z Employee Right to Choose Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise collective bargaining requirements with respect to bargaining for an initial agreement to require generally shorter deadlines for commencement of bargaining, requests for mediation, and referrals of a dispute to arbitration.

Requires certification of a bargaining representative without election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative and there is no other individual or labor organization so designated by 30 percent or more of the employees.

Repeals the requirement for a secret ballot vote on rescission of the authority of a collective bargaining agreement upon petition by 30 percent or more of covered bargaining unit employees.

]]> Employee Right to Choose Act Display Title Employee Right to Choose Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form or become members of labor organizations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Employee Right to Choose Act Introduced in Senate 2003-07-31T04:00:00Z 2003-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.