3.0.0 560 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z Senate S S 2009-03-10 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-10T18:57:49Z Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 111 1409 HR 2009-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-03-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-03-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2966-2967) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-03-10 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-03-10 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-03-10 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-03-10 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-03-10 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-03-10 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-03-10 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-03-10 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-03-10 True B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2009-03-10 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-03-10 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-03-10 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-03-10 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-03-10 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2009-03-10 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2009-03-10 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-03-10 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-03-10 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-03-10 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-03-10 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-03-10 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-03-10 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-03-10 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-03-10 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-03-10 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2009-03-10 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-03-10 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2009-03-10 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-03-10 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-03-10 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-03-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-10 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-10 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2009-03-10 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2009-03-10 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-03-10 True B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-03-10 True K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2009-03-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-03-10 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-07-07 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Labor-management relations Labor and Employment 00 2009-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-10T18:09:48Z Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.

Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition.

Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives, particularly a preliminary investigation of an alleged unfair labor practice (ULP) which may lead to proceedings for injunctive relief.

Requires that priority be given to a preliminary investigation of any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, or during the period after a labor organization was recognized as a representative until the first collective bargaining contract is entered into, an employer: (1) discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization; (2) threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bardaining rights; or (3) engaged in any other related ULP that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights.

Adds to remedies for such violations: (1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and (2) additional civil penalties.

]]> Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 Display Title Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s560is/xml/BILLS-111s560is.xml 2009-03-10 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.