[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 243 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 243

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of 
     initial contract negotiation disputes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2009

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of 
     initial contract negotiation disputes, 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 First Contract 
Negotiations Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. INITIAL CONTRACT DISPUTES.

    Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) If, not later than 60 days after the certification of a 
new representative of employees for the purpose of collective 
bargaining, the employer of the employees and the representative have 
not reached a collective bargaining agreement with respect to the terms 
and conditions of employment, the employer and the representative shall 
jointly select a mediator to mediate those issues on which the employer 
and the representative cannot agree.
    ``(2) If the employer and the representative are unable to agree 
upon a mediator, either party may request the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service to select a mediator and the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service shall upon the request select a person to serve as 
mediator.
    ``(3) If, not later than 30 days after the date of the selection of 
a mediator under paragraph (1) or (2), the employer and the 
representative have not reached an agreement, the employer or the 
representative may transfer the matters remaining in controversy to the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for binding arbitration.''.
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