NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Collective bargaining: establish collective bargaining rights for college athletes (see S. 3415), S5807 [6DE] (see H.R. 6616), H6207 [6DE]

——— permit certain employees to engage in independent negotiating (see H.R. 6745), H6940 [13DE]

Dept. of Labor: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1261), S1339 [25AP] (see H.R. 2826), H1945 [25AP]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (see S. 567), S532 [28FE] (see H.R. 20), H967 [28FE]

Labor unions: protect free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 532), S506 [27FE] (see H.R. 1200), H914 [27FE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under National Labor Relations Act (see S. 1328), S1417 [27AP] (see H.R. 937), H824 [9FE]

NLRB: adjust dollar thresholds for jurisdiction over certain labor disputes (see H.R. 3400), H2423 [17MY]

——— clarify employer rights relative to hiring (see H.R. 4320), H3140 [23JN]

——— clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 3834), H2741 [5JN]

——— reform Board, Office of the General Counsel, and process for appellate review (see S. 991), S999 [28MR] (see H.R. 3833), H2741 [5JN]

——— repeal authority for States to enact laws prohibiting agreements requiring membership in labor organization as condition of employment (see S. 2724), S3894 [5SE] (see H.R. 5351), H4222 [5SE]

Remarks in House

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions, H805 [9FE]

——— strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (H.R. 20), H926 [28FE], H991 [1MR], H1120, H1134 [7MR], H1321 [22MR], H2075 [27AP], E174 [3MR]

Remarks in Senate

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (S. 567), S767 [14MR], S971 [27MR], S1278 [20AP], S2134 [20JN]

Labor unions: protect free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 532), S508 [27FE], S509 [28FE]

Reports filed

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 567), S2984 [18JY]

Statements

Protecting the Right To Organize Act: several individuals and organizations, E174 [3MR]