[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 694 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 694

   To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit elections to 
           decertify representation by a labor organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2001

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit elections to 
           decertify representation by a labor organization.

    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 ``Workers Access to Accountable 
Governance in Employment (WAGE) Act''.

SEC. 2. DECERTIFICATION ELECTION PERMITTED.

    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) Notwithstanding any current collective bargaining 
relationship or current collective bargaining agreement between an 
employer and a labor organization, upon the filing with the Board, by 
30 percent or more of the employees in a bargaining unit, of a petition 
alleging that they no longer wish to be represented by the certified or 
recognized labor organization, the Board shall, not later than 50 days 
after the filing of such petition, conduct an election by secret ballot 
of the employees in such unit and certify the results thereof to such 
labor organization and to the employer. No decertification election 
shall be held under this subsection in any bargaining unit within 
which, in the preceding 12-month period, a valid decertification 
election shall have been held.''.
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