[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 778 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 778

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit the selection of an 
employee labor organization through the signing of a labor organization 
 membership card by a majority of employees and a subsequent election, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 9 (legislative day, May 1), 1995

   Mr. Simon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit the selection of an 
employee labor organization through the signing of a labor organization 
 membership card by a majority of employees and a subsequent election, 
                        and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Labor Relations Representative 
Amendment Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF SELECTED LABOR REPRESENTATIVE.

    Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) Not later than 30 days after the receipt of signed union 
recognition cards, which designate an entity as the employee's labor 
organization, from 60 percent of the employees of the employer, the 
Board shall direct an expedited election with respect to the selection 
of the entity as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of 
such employees.
    ``(2) The expedited election, as directed by the Board, may not be 
delayed for any reason or purpose.
    ``(3) The Board shall promulgate regulations that implement rules 
and procedures to address any challenges with respect to the 
designation or selection of an exclusive collective bargaining 
representative under this subsection.
    ``(4) The challenges described in paragraph (3) may be brought only 
after the expedited election described in paragraph (1).''.
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