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Honoring Workers’ Rights Act

H.R. 5757 · 113th Congress · Nov 20, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

To redesignate the Frances Perkins Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, DC as the Reed Larson Department of Labor Building.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Honoring Workers’ Rights Act”.

Sec. 2 Findings

Congress finds the following:
(a)
Reed Larson was the driving force behind one of the greatest expansions of workers’ rights, the Right to Work.
(b)
The overwhelming majority of Americans and union workers agree no one should have to pay a union boss to get or keep a job.
(c)
Millions of workers around the country can now choose whether to join a union because of Reed Larson’s life work.
(d)
A union accountable to its members is a union that can better represent its members.

Sec. 3 Reed Larson Department of Labor Building

(a)
Designation— The Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, DC is redesignated as the “Reed Larson Building”.
(b)
References— Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referenced to subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Reed Larson Department of Labor Building”.