[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 424 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 424

To preserve and protect the free choice of individuals and employees to 
  form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
                              activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 1999

 Mr. Coverdell (for himself, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, 
 Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Helms) introduced the following bill; which was 
 read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                              and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To preserve and protect the free choice of individuals and employees to 
  form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
                              activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    (a) Right to Organize.--Section 7 of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that 
follows through ``authorized in section 8(a)(3)''.
    (b) Unfair Labor Practices by Employers.--Section 8(a)(3) of the 
National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)(3)) is amended by 
striking ``: Provided, That'' and all that follows through ``retaining 
membership''.
    (c) Unfair Labor Practices by Labor Organizations.--Section 8(b) of 
the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to discriminate'' 
        and all that follows through ``retaining membership''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``covered by an agreement 
        authorized under subsection (a)(3)''.
    (d) Building and Construction Industry.--Section 8(f) of the 
National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

    Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by 
striking the Eleventh paragraph.
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