NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Collective bargaining: clarify requirements for meeting the definition of the term ‘‘employee’’ (see S. 664), S1660 [5MR]

Employment: prohibit forced arbitration in employment disputes (see S. 1491), S2884 [15MY] (see H.R. 2749), H3840 [15MY]

——— protect freedom to join a union by bolstering remedies and punishing violations of workers’ rights, strengthening workers’ freedom to negotiate for better working conditions, and restoring fairness to the economy (see S. 1306), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 2474), H3438 [2MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 525), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see S. 226), S587 [24JA] (see H.R. 779), H1211 [24JA]

NLRB: clarify employer rights relative to hiring (see H.R. 2259), H3254 [10AP]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2709), S6156 [24OC]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 1633), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 2992), H4163 [23MY]

——— remove exclusive bargaining power of labor organizations by allowing employees in a unionized workplace to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer (see H.R. 5147), H8958 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Employment: protect freedom to join a union by bolstering remedies and punishing violations of workers’ rights, strengthening workers’ freedom to negotiate for better working conditions, and restoring fairness to the economy (H.R. 2474), H5089 [25JN], H9112–H9116 [20NO]

Reports filed

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2474) (H. Rept. 116–347), H10305 [16DE]

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 226) (S. Rept. 116–30), S2327 [9AP]