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National Right-to-Work Act

S. 545 · 115th Congress · Mar 7, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “National Right-to-Work Act”.

2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act

(a)
Rights of employees— Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking “except to” and all that follows through “authorized in section 8(a)(3)”.
(b)
Unfair labor practices— Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(3), by striking “: Provided, That” and all that follows through “retaining membership”;
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking “or to discriminate” and all that follows through “retaining membership”; and
(B)
in paragraph (5), by striking “covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this section”; and
(3)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and
(B)
by striking “Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act:”.
(c)
Additional conforming amendments— The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking subsection (e);
(2)
in section 3(b), by striking “or (e)”; and
(3)
in section 8(f), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking “or 9(e)”.

3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties.

4. Effective date

This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this Act.