NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: strengthen current protections by providing a private right of action for certain violations (see H.R. 5280), H7125 [30JY]

Health: provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5523), H7675 [17SE]

Labor unions: amend laws relative to timing of elections and pre-election hearings and identification of pre-election issues, and require that lists of employees eligible to vote in organizing elections be provided to the NLRB (see S. 2178), S1818 [27MR]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 4320), H2743 [27MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2885), S5782 [18SE]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see S. 2814), S5628 [16SE]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see H.R. 4321), H2743 [27MR]

Remarks in House

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (H.R. 4320), H2999 [8AP]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (H.R. 4321), H2999 [8AP]

Remarks in Senate

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (S. 1542), S2431 [29AP], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN]

——— prohibit funding to require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information, S3648 [12JN]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (S. 2814), S5596, S5597, S5631 [16SE]

Reports filed

Employee Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4321) (H. Rept. 113–583), H7387 [9SE]

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4320) (H. Rept. 113–653), H8930 [9DE]