1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Representation Fairness Restoration Act”.
Representation Fairness Restoration Act
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the criteria for determining employee units appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining.
2. Determination of appropriate units for collective bargaining
Section 9(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C);
by striking “The Board shall decide” and all that follows through “or subdivision thereof:” and inserting the following:
“(A) similarity of wages, benefits, and working conditions;
“(B) similarity of skills and training;
“(C) centrality of management and common supervision;
“(D) extent of interchange and frequency of contact between employees;
“(E) integration of the work flow and interrelationship of the production process;
“(F) the consistency of the unit with the employer’s organizational structure;
“(G) similarity of job functions and work; and
“(H) the bargaining history in the particular unit and the industry.”
by striking “Provided, That the Board” and inserting the following:
“(2) The Board”